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Office of Inspector General |
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| Title: | Chicago Businessman Fined $40,000 and Jailed for Attempted Bribery of FMCSA Inspector |
| Date: | October 16, 2003 |
| Type: | Investigation |
| Summary: | Hei Yeng Kwok, owner of K&W Trading Co., a Chicago trucking company, was fined $40,000 by a U.S. District Court judge in Chicago and ordered to serve 21 months in prison for attempted bribery of a Federal safety inspector. Kwok was arrested May 13 by OIG special agents for attempting to bribe the FMCSA inspector, first with $2,000 and later with $4,000, in order to improve an unsatisfactory rating on his company’s safety compliance review. OIG investigated this case with assistance from FMCSA. |