US Border Patrol officer accused of extorting sex from traveler | News

A U.S. Border Patrol officer is accused of using his position to force a woman he met during airport screening to have sex with him several times under threat of deportation, according to a news release from the Guam Police Department and a complaint filed by a magistrate judge in Superior. Court.

He also reportedly took $5,100 from her, saying that a tourist with that much money would be suspicious.

Myeongsu Kim, also known as Jason Kim, 34, was charged Thursday with third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony, official misconduct as a misdemeanor and theft by threatening as a misdemeanor.

When the woman arrived in Guam on Aug. 5, an officer at the airport immigration checkpoint sent her for a second screening.

She said she was told she looked like a model and authorities wanted to know if she would work in Guam. Kim was brought in as a translator and told him he could get her through immigration, according to the complaint.

When he asked what he would give him in return, he asked if he wanted money. He said he would think about it, left to get some paperwork done, and came back later to say he had taken care of everything.

She asked again if he wanted money, and the man said he never asked for money, according to the complaint. He said he needed a sex partner for the two months he would be in Guam. Surprised, he asked if he could pay her instead.

He told her she had no choice and that she could return to Korea if she didn’t accept, according to the complaint.

Later that night, Kim called her and reminded her of the agreement, saying she saw the underwear in her trunk and liked her bra size. He told her he would contact her later and that if she did not comply, she would be arrested and deported, the complaint said.

About a week later, Kim contacted the woman and told her that if she did not have sex with him, she would cause trouble for her family members. He picked her up, stopped to buy a condom, took her to the Hafa Adai motel and had sex with her. He then brought her home and said he would contact her again.

The complaint alleged that her attacker called her two more times, including once while she was taking a break from work at the airport, and brought her to the hotel for sex.

The woman eventually told her boyfriend, who wanted to confront Kim, but the woman was afraid because Kim was a government official. He told his boyfriend that Kim had taken $5,100 from him and eventually asked for the money back. He initially refunded $1,000 and then demanded the full amount back, saying what he had done was illegal. He returned all but $458.17.

Kim told the woman she better marry her boyfriend or never set foot on U.S. soil again, saying he would catch her if she tried to bypass immigration.

On October 31, Kim wore his uniform and met the woman’s boyfriend’s relatives at a store and showed his badge. She spoke to her boyfriend and told him she had been notified of the allegations. The complaint stated that Kim received negative reactions at work, so he “worked with his lawyer to damage the woman’s credibility by portraying her as a prostitute.”

Kim was arrested Wednesday morning and sent to the Department of Corrections.