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A Chinese man pleaded guilty to trying to arrange for the illegal sale of thousands of pounds of carbon fiber to his home country, which prosecutors alleged was for use in a fighter jet, the U.S. said.
Ming Suan Zhang, 41, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the government said.
Zhang, described by his lawyer Daniel Nobel as a sports equipment maker from Quanzhou, China, was charged in September with illegally attempting to export the material. Nobel said today in a phone interview that Zhang didnt admit trying to obtain the material for military purposes. He declined to say whether Zhang contested that allegation.
Zhang crossed the ocean to obtain massive quantities of restricted American technology for the stated purpose of assisting the Chinese military, U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch in Brooklyn said in a statement. He was actively working to circumvent laws that protect our national security by preventing specialized technologies from falling into the wrong hands.
He came to the attention of U.S. authorities through an investigation into two individuals in Taiwan who were attempting to locate large quantities of aerospace-grade carbon fiber through Internet contacts, according to the government.
Zhang agreed to meet with an undercover agent, who he thought was a seller of the material, to obtain a sample. Zhang said the fiber was needed for the test flight of a fighter plane, according to the U.S.
Chinese Man Pleads Guilty in Export Scheme, U.S. Says - Bloomberg
Ming Suan Zhang, 41, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the government said.
Zhang, described by his lawyer Daniel Nobel as a sports equipment maker from Quanzhou, China, was charged in September with illegally attempting to export the material. Nobel said today in a phone interview that Zhang didnt admit trying to obtain the material for military purposes. He declined to say whether Zhang contested that allegation.
Zhang crossed the ocean to obtain massive quantities of restricted American technology for the stated purpose of assisting the Chinese military, U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch in Brooklyn said in a statement. He was actively working to circumvent laws that protect our national security by preventing specialized technologies from falling into the wrong hands.
He came to the attention of U.S. authorities through an investigation into two individuals in Taiwan who were attempting to locate large quantities of aerospace-grade carbon fiber through Internet contacts, according to the government.
Zhang agreed to meet with an undercover agent, who he thought was a seller of the material, to obtain a sample. Zhang said the fiber was needed for the test flight of a fighter plane, according to the U.S.
Chinese Man Pleads Guilty in Export Scheme, U.S. Says - Bloomberg
