how far do we let these chinese go? starting to piss me off.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-drone-china-broward-guilty-20160609-story.html
A South Florida jury convicted a California woman on Thursday of conspiring to send a $50 million missile-firing drone and jet fighter engines to China via Broward County.
Wenxia Man, aka Wency, 45, of San Diego, was found guilty of conspiring to export military weapons, equipment and technical data to the People's Republic of China.
Man, who had been free on $250,000 bond since last year, was taken into federal custody for alleged misconduct during her trial in federal court in Miami.
Authorities accused her of improperly sending text messages, in Chinese, to the federal agent who worked undercover on her case during a break in his testimony in her trial. The agent, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations, reported the improper contact and U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom order Man taken into custody, according to court records.
Prosecutor Michael Walleisa told jurors that Man conspired with a man who is based in China and works for the military, to illegally acquire and export military defense equipment, including a $50 million drone and several jet fighter engines to the government of China. Man called her contact a "technology spy" who was interested in stealth technology.
Feds charge woman in S. Fla. plot to broker $50M drone to China
Man was communicating with a person in Broward County who she thought could obtain the items, which are part of the U.S. arms embargo against China.
Man, who was born in China but is a naturalized U.S. citizen, faces a maximum possible punishment of 20 years in federal prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act when she is sentenced later this year.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-drone-china-broward-guilty-20160609-story.html
A South Florida jury convicted a California woman on Thursday of conspiring to send a $50 million missile-firing drone and jet fighter engines to China via Broward County.
Wenxia Man, aka Wency, 45, of San Diego, was found guilty of conspiring to export military weapons, equipment and technical data to the People's Republic of China.
Man, who had been free on $250,000 bond since last year, was taken into federal custody for alleged misconduct during her trial in federal court in Miami.
Authorities accused her of improperly sending text messages, in Chinese, to the federal agent who worked undercover on her case during a break in his testimony in her trial. The agent, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations, reported the improper contact and U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom order Man taken into custody, according to court records.
Prosecutor Michael Walleisa told jurors that Man conspired with a man who is based in China and works for the military, to illegally acquire and export military defense equipment, including a $50 million drone and several jet fighter engines to the government of China. Man called her contact a "technology spy" who was interested in stealth technology.
Feds charge woman in S. Fla. plot to broker $50M drone to China
Man was communicating with a person in Broward County who she thought could obtain the items, which are part of the U.S. arms embargo against China.
Man, who was born in China but is a naturalized U.S. citizen, faces a maximum possible punishment of 20 years in federal prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act when she is sentenced later this year.
