Former PG County Liquor Store Owner Gets A Year In Prison: Report

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- The former owner of a liquor store in Prince George's County who pleaded guilty to paying bribes to lawmakers has received a year and a day in federal prison, and has been ordered to pay $50,000 in fines, according to a report.

The Washington Post reports that Shin Ja Lee, who owned Palmer Liquor Store, wanted legislation passed that would expand Sunday liquor sales in Prince George's County, so he bribed then-Dels. William A. campos and Michael L. Vaughn for their support of the law.

Lee was involved in a total of five bribes that spanned 2015 through 2016. In one of those occasions, he passed an envelope to Campos containing $4,000 in a restaurant bathroom, according to the report.

Another liquor store owner, Young Paig, and former county liquor board head David Son were also involved in the scheme, prosecutors say.

Paig has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, Campos has gotten 54 months, and Son received a 60-month sentence. Vaughn is awaiting sentencing.

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