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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

New Jersey - US Man Arrested for Exporting Military Defense Info to China

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Chris Loy
 dailyplanetdispatch.com
US Border Patrol
US Border Patrol agents arrest Sixing Liu
 (image via Wikipedia)
Federal agents arrested a New Jersey man Tuesday for allegedly embezzling sensitive military technology to China.
Agents arrested Sixing Liu, a Chinese-born but a permanent local of the United States, and charged him with one charge of exporting defense-related technical information without a license.
In the criminal complaints against Liu, the man known by “Steve” recently lived in the Flanders, N.J. area and worked from March 2009 until November 2010 for a New Jersey-based technology business, employed as a senior staff engineer on the research and development team. According to the indictment, the company where Liu worked was not identified but had an agreement to work on “precision navigational devices” as well as other components for the nation’s defense department.
On Nov. 12, Liu, 47, flew over to China and returned 17 days later on Nov. 29. Border agents were suspicious of Liu when they found a conference lanyard in his luggage in a second inspection at Liberty National Airport in New Jersey. Liu told agents he was visiting family in China.
After being stopped by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, they allegedly found in his possession a computer that belonged to the company that contained hundreds of documents that related to projects for a China trip and making a presentation at the technology conference in Shanghai. According to the complaint, Liu never told his company that he had plans to travel to China, which is direct violation of the company’s security rules.
Liu was arrested without incident at his home in Deerfield, Ill. Tuesday. Liu appeared at the U.S. District Court in Chicago Tuesday and is being held in jail until his March 14 bail hearing. If he is convicted of the charge, he could get up to 20 years behind bars and be ordered to pay a $1 million fine.
Liu’s public defender has yet to comment on the case against his client.