Posted on 11/02/2019 3:06:58 PM PDT by ransomnote
Department of Justice
Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez for the Middle District of Florida announces the return of an indictment today of four individuals, including two Chinese nationals, an active-duty United States Navy officer, and his wife, on charges relating to a conspiracy to unlawfully smuggle military-style inflatable boats, with Evinrude MFE military outboard motors, to the People’s Republic of China. The Navy officer and two other defendants have also been charged with conspiring to violate firearms law, and the Navy officer has been charged with an additional firearms-related offense and with making false official statements.
The four defendants charged in the indictment are:
Fan Yang, 34, a naturalized citizen of the United States and Lieutenant in the United States Navy residing in Jacksonville, Florida; Yang Yang, 33, wife of Fan Yang, and a naturalized citizen of the United States residing in Jacksonville, Florida; Ge Songtao, 49, a citizen and resident of the People’s Republic of China; and Zheng Yan, 27, a citizen and resident of the People’s Republic of China.
The defendants were arrested on Oct. 17, 2019, and are currently detained.
All four defendants have been charged with conspiring to submit false export information and to fraudulently attempt to export articles from the United States. Additionally, Yang Yang, Ge Songtao, and Zheng Yan have been charged with causing the submission of false and misleading information into the U.S. Automated Export System, and fraudulently attempting to export seven vessels and eight engines. If convicted for conspiracy or for the submission of false export information, the charged defendants each face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. If convicted on the attempted-smuggling charge, the defendants each face a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
Fan Yang, Yang Yang, and Ge Songtao are charged with other offenses as well. All three have been charged with conspiring to violate laws prohibiting an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa from possessing a firearm and prohibiting the transfer of a firearm to a nonresident. Fan Yang has also been charged with making a false statement to a firearms dealer, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment, and with making false official statements in his application for a security clearance, which carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the FBI, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security; and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Coolican and Heather Schmidt, Senior Trial Attorney, Counterintelligence and Export Section, U.S. Department of Justice.
The items from this manufacturer (and many others) are restricted to US military contract purchase, with listed items and all parts in contracts required to include maintenance support and cybersecurity interface (which is how these jokers were caught). NAVSUP, Naval Support Systems Command, GCSS US Army/USAASC, USMC, USAF and USCG(Supply, Weapons, parts and world distribution to forces) all have integrated operational support systems worldwide, Our SEALs, and Delta Force (Navy and Army spec ops) and USCG do not have “trolling motors” on interdiction vessels or special boat teams crafts. See: Somali pirates Persian Gulf.
Not available to the public— if they were the chi-coms would not be trying to get the equipment through a criminal network and coopted naval officer (and dumba@@ as well).
See: NAVSUP Systems Command. Cybersecurity integrated with the manufacturer, worldwide support on inventory, parts and maintenance. Same as weapons systems (example: Blackhawk helicopters, current contract with manufacturer). These aren’t “over the counter” items. Combat support specific to each service.
Then this little gambit is targeted at our anti-submarine warfare, and the secret toys on the P8A. This joker was at Cecil Field training section? That’s what the chi-coms were after— starting with spec ops boats to “develop” the payoff relationship, and expand it to our more sophisticated combat tech (like the P8). Should remember, the chi-coms shot/forced down a P3 and took the crew prisoner— the first challenge to GW Bush— which he failed, and luckily 9-11 came along (another Clinton failure when bin laden was in Yemen). Chi-coms are everywhere, stealing and buying through espionage.
Hitlery did this on a larger scale with strategic US minerals/elements— 20% of US owned uranium, sold off to the number one (or 2) holder of uranium ore— Russia, through a Canadian mining exec (and Clinton Foundation board member, who kicked back 150 million to them through a Canadian bank— thus unreported on the Foundation’s books).
“Then this little gambit is targeted at our anti-submarine warfare, and the secret toys on the P8A.”
Precisely accurate assessment
Leni
My same thought!
“We too low” “Wong hung day” “Sum Ting Wong” “Wi Ryu Phuc’d”
Leni
I saw Chinese all over the off strip hotels in Vegas. I cannot believe the Orleans was used for a convention. Must be some serious kickbacks for our board and officers with over 200 men and wives who most have military and other retirements gambling.
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