A U.S. Department of State employee and his spouse pleaded guilty on Dec. 10 to trafficking in counterfeit goods—mostly Vera Bradley handbags—while working at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, the Justice Department said.
Gene Leroy Thompson Jr., 54, was an Information Programs Officer employed by the State Department when he used his embassy computer to create numerous accounts on various e-commerce platforms between September 2017 and December 2019, according to a Justice Department statement.
