Beijing Residents Convicted Of Smuggling Sensitive Technologies
Beijing Residents Convicted Of Smuggling Sensitive Technologies
Two other men were convicted of smuggling highly sensitive thermal-imaging cameras in their luggage on a plane bound for China. In that case Tah Wei Chao received a 20-month sentence and Zhi Yong Guo was sentenced to five years in federal custody.
Prosecutors said that Tsu operated a front company called Cheerway Trading and shipped more than 400 circuits to a Chinese corporation called Dimagit Science and Technology Co., Ltd, whose mission it was to supply the Chinese military with American-made circuitry. Tsu's company also forwarded technology to other Chinese companies.
In the second case, Chao and Guo were arrested as they tried to board a flight to China with thermal cameras hidden in their luggage. The two were indicted in April. Chao pleaded guilty to the charges and Guo was convicted after a one-week trial in US Federal District Court in Los Angeles.
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