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Orlando Woman Charged with Illicit Export and Money Laundering
Amin Yu, a 53-year-old Orlando woman, has been charged with acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General, according to a superseding indictment unsealed by U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III.
The indictment, which includes 18 counts, also alleges that Yu conspired to defraud the United States and to commit offenses against the United States, committed unlawful export information activities, smuggled goods from the United States, and conspired to and committed international money laundering.
If convicted, Yu faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each of the money laundering counts, 10 years’ imprisonment for acting as an illegal agent and the smuggling offenses, and 5 years in prison for the remaining charges.
The indictment also notifies Yu that the United States intends to forfeit approximately $2,668,648.92, the alleged traceable proceeds of the offenses.
According to the superseding indictment, from at least 2002 until approximately February 2014, at the direction of co-conspirators working for Harbin Engineering University (HEU, a PRC-controlled entity) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Yu obtained systems and components for marine submersible vehicles from companies in the United States.
She then illegally exported those items to the PRC for use by her co-conspirators in the development of marine submersible vehicles – unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for HEU and other state-controlled entities.
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.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
The case will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Irick, and Trial Attorneys David C. Recker and Thea D. R. Kendler of the National Security Division, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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