Doraville lingerie store owner gets prison time for bribery
August 1, 2014 by admin
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Moon Lingerie owner Jae Jun Bae was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison for offering bribes to Doraville employees in exchange for a zoning modification.
Moon Lingerie owner Jae Jun Bae was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison for offering bribes to Doraville employees in exchange for a zoning modification.
According to U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, the charges, and other information presented in court: Bae, 35, of Duluth, Ga., is the owner of Moon Lingerie in Doraville, Ga. In April 2012, he bought a commercial building on Buford Highway in Doraville. At the time of the purchase, the property was zoned for retail use and could not be used as a wholesale location as Bae wanted. In August 2012, Bae met with an employee of the city and attempted to give the employee an envelope of cash, in an effort to have the property re-zoned. The employee did not take the envelope and reported Bae’s attempt to local law enforcement authorities.
In October 2013, Bae asked to meet with a member of Doraville’s Community Development Department. Based on the allegations from August 2012, the staff member (SM) reported Bae’s request for a meeting to law enforcement authorities and agreed to cooperate with them. Thereafter, the FBI and the Doraville Police Department conducted a series of undercover operations involving Bae.
On Oct. 17, 2013, Bae met with the SM and an undercover officer (UC), who was posing as a member of Doraville’s Community Development Department. During the meeting, Bae agreed to pay about $100,000 to have the Buford Highway property re-zoned to permit wholesale uses.
On Oct. 18, 2013, Bae met with the UC and re-negotiated the price to obtain a wholesale re-zoning from $100,000 down to $70,000. On Oct. 29, 2013, he made a $5,000 payment to the SM as a deposit to get the Buford Highway property re-zoned. On the next day, Bae gave the UC a $3,000 payment, which the UC said would secure a vote in favor of Bae’s re-zoning application.
