Following a five-week trial, a federal jury in Massachusetts found two Chinese nationals, one of whom resided in the United States, guilty of illegally conspiring to violate U.S. export laws and illegally exporting electronic equipment from the United States to China.
Zhen Zhou Wu a/k/a Alex Wu, Yufeng Wei a/k/a Annie Wei, and Citron Electronics, Inc (CHITRON-US) in Watham, Massachusetts, were convicted of unlawfully exporting defense articles and Commerce controlled goods to China on numerous occasions between 2004 and 2007 and conspiring to violate U.S. export laws over a period of ten years. Wu and Wei were also both convicted of filing false shipping documents with the U.S. Department of Commerce. In addition, Wei was convicted of immigration fraud for presenting a U.S. Permanent Resident Card, which she knew had been procured by making false and fraudulent statements to immigration officials, to enter the country.
For more than 10 years, this corporation and these defendants conspired to procure U.S. military products and other controlled electronic components for use in mainland China - for military radar, military satellite communications, and military guidance systems.
Wu founded and controlled CHITRON, including its headquarters in Shenzhen, China and its U.S. office located in Waltham, Massachusetts. While WU resided in China, WEI served as the manager of the U.S. office.
Wu and Wei both face up to 20 years imprisonment to be followed by three years supervised release and a $1 million fine. After serving their sentence, both will face deportation to China.
CHITRON-US face up to a $1 million fine for each count in the Indictment. (Source: Examiner.com, Maty 23, 2010).