Selling Secrets to China Equals Spying, Jail and Heavy Fines

A Chinese-born US physicist has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting information to China related to NASA space launches. In addition, he pled guilty to offering bribes to Chinese officials to win a contract. The Defendant admitted to assisting China with developing fuel and chemical tanks crucial for launching space vehicles. Such assistance to a foreign government is in breach of U.S. arms export control laws. He admitted he helped China in the design and development of a cryogenic fueling system for space Read more

OC Major U.S. Export Enforcement Prosecutions on the Rise

Over the past two years the Department of Justice (DOJ) has investigated and tried several major export and embargo-related criminal prosecutions. These prosecutions are a result of investigations by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Pentagon’s Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), and other law enforcement agencies. Read more