A South Korean man who lives in New York was arrested on Wednesday and charged with repeatedly lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about spying work he allegedly did for his native country, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Park Il Woo, known as Steve Park, was accused in court papers of giving information he had gleaned from the North Korean government to South Korea. At one point, he allegedly told a South Korean official that he had been asked by North Korean officials to bring insecticide, anesthetics and veterinary products on this next trip there.