Daily Union (Monthly, Korea News Newspaper) Ju-un Journalist |  The Fair Trade Commission has found seven companies, including Kim Chi-heon KECC, to be involved in the bid-rigging scandal and decided to impose a total of 929 million won in corrective orders and fines.

Seven companies, including KECC, SKD, Sungbo Construction Industry, Shin woo Construction Industry, Wooseok Construction, Ilil Engineering, and Yulim Construction, are suspected of colluding with successful bidders and bid prices in advance in a total of 23 bids for facility maintenance work ordered by the U.S. Forces Korea Far East Engineers from August 2016 to January 2019.

Allegations of collusion in a total of 23 bids for facility maintenance work ordered by the U.S. Forces Korea Far East Engineers

It has been confirmed that seven companies, including KECC, paid $3.1 million in compensation to the U.S. Department of Justice as compensation for the collusion.