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.
Well, this is unusual...
I understand the necessity of keeping US military equipment out of the hands of foreigners, but it’s a rubber boat and an Evinrude motor.
If they were smuggling ETEC engines drag them out and shoot them. Then sell me one cheap.
“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.”
But is there consensus?
“Fan Yang” So much loyalty and diversity and it isn’t just the Chinese. “Fail”
I’m thinkin’ someone just wanted a free little nifty inflatable & motor and had a relative-based inside source.
Still a crime, of course.
Interesting case.
Sounds like a pair of pandas
Chinese Navy officer stabbing Us in the back. Fits right in with the Ukrainian Army lieutenant colonel who was hired by the British born NSC advisor.
China just doing China things.
All of the Chinese are spies unless they have been here fir a few generations .
They are just moles here for the CCP .
China are stealing our jobs , our kids future , our universities , and sending it back to the Communist China .
Send all these spies back .
The Chicoms should have just ordered them from Bass Pro Shops........
Why is the Navy officer being tried in civilian court? He should be court martial-ed and given the max...which,I’ll wager,is death under the UCMJ.
Sum Ting Wong
exectution...just like the Rosenbergs before them.
The only way to stop this is their death(s)
This scumbag LT is/was an instructor at the NAS Jacksonville training facility for the P-8A. Additionally, as a LT he would have completed at least one operational deployment in either the P-8 or P-3C. I can’t express openly what i would like to see happen to him specifically, but it involves termination of oxygen wastage.
Leni