Hang Sun, Exporting Controlled Defense Data, California 2018
A Chinese national and U.S. legal permanent resident has been charged with an illegal scheme to export controlled defense data to China and defraud the Department of Defense.
Hang Sun, also known as Cody Sun, was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, smuggling, and a violation of the Arms Export Control Act for his role in the scheme.
The indictment alleges that between January 2012 and December 2018, Sun conspired to send approximately 70 drawings containing export-controlled technical data to a company located in China without a license from the U.S. government.
The technical data drawings were the property of two U.S. companies and related to end-use items for aviation, submarine, radar, tank, mortars, missiles, infrared and thermal imaging targeting systems, and fire control systems for the Department of Defense.
Sun also allegedly supplied the Department of Defense with Chinese-origin rare earth magnets for aviation systems and military items in violation of the Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
Quadrant Magnetics imported rare earth magnets that were smelted and magnetized by a company in China, and then sold these magnets to two U.S. companies which included them in components sold to the Department of Defense.
Hang Sun, 45, of Los Angeles, California, was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, smuggling, and a violation of the Arms Export Control Act. If convicted, he faces statutory maximum penalties of up to five years in prison for conspiracy; 20 years in prison for wire fraud; 20 years in prison for exporting technical data without a license; and 10 years in prison for smuggling goods from the United States.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Cybercrime|White Collar Crime|Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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