News & Updates

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that IMRAN KHAN, 44, of North Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which KHAN must serve in home confinement, for violating U.S. export law. Judge Underhill also ordered KHAN to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $3,000 fine.

BOSTON – A Chinese national was arrested today and charged in connection with violating export laws by conspiring with employees of an entity affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to illegally export U.S. origin goods to China, as well as making false statements to obtain a visa to enter the United States and to become a lawful permanent resident under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program.

SHERMAN, Texas - Peter Zuccarelli, 62, of Plano, Texas was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the U.S. in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), radiation hardened integrated circuits (RHICs) for use in the space programs of China and Russia. Zuccarelli was also sentenced to three years supervised release and a $50,000 fine.

LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested two local men on federal charges that allege a scheme to illegally obtain technology and integrated circuits with military applications that were exported to a Chinese company without the required export license.

Yi-Chi Shih, 62, an electrical engineer who is a part-time Los Angeles resident, and Kiet Ahn Mai, 63, of Pasadena, were arrested this morning without incident by federal agents.

An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Richard Luthmann, George Padula III, and Michael Beck with kidnapping and kidnapping conspiracy, extortionate collection of credit, conspiracy to commit extortionate collection of credit and brandishing a firearm during the commission of those crimes.

The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis has announced that Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Kirkwood-based defense contractor, will pay the United States $1,500,000.00 in forfeiture based on the company’s use of optical materials imported from China in the weapons sights which the company manufactured under a series of contracts with the Department of Defense. The company admits that the parts were improperly certified as compliant with the Buy American Act.

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Erdal Kuyumcu, the chief executive officer of Global Metallurgy, LLC, based in Woodside, New York, was sentenced to 57 months in prison following his June 14, 2016 guilty plea to conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by exporting specialty metals from the United States to Iran. The sentencing proceeding was held before Chief United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry.

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dana J.

Peter Zuccarelli, 62, of Plano, Texas pleaded guilty today to conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the U.S., radiation hardened integrated circuits (RHICs) for use in the space programs of China and Russia, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston for the Eastern District of Texas made the announcement. The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest-Johnson.

WASHINGTON – A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging seven individuals with conspiring to steal trade secrets from a business in the U.S. on behalf of a company in China that was engaged in manufacturing a high-performance, naval-grade product for military and civilian uses.