A federal jury in Massachusetts found two Chinese nationals guilty of illegally conspiring to break US export laws and illegally exporting electronic equipment from the United States to China, the Justice Department announced Monday May 17.
Zhen Zhou Wu (aka Alex Wu), Yufeng Wei (aka Annie Wei) and Chitron Electronics Inc. (Chitron-US) were found guilty of illegally exporting defense articles and Commerce-controlled goods to China repeatedly between 2004 and 2007 and conspiring to break US export laws over a period of 10 years.
Chitron, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, was founded and owned by Wu. It now has its headquarters in Shenzhen, China. (Source: AFP, May 17, 2010).