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Californians sentenced to 8 years in prison for arms smuggling to North Korea
A Californian was sentenced to eight years in prison because he sent weapons to North Korea to prepare a surprise attack on South Korea. A explosive case!
Californians sentenced to 8 years in prison for arms smuggling to North Korea
A man from California was sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting weapons and ammunition to North Korea, who, according to his statement, should be used for a surprising attack on South Korea, according to the authorities on Tuesday.
Background to the case
Shenghua Wen, 42, came to the USA with a student visa from China in 2012 and remained illegally in the country after his visa had expired, as a statement by the US public prosecutor reports in Los Angeles. In June, Wen admitted that a conspiracy offense for the violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and a failure to act as an unauthorized agent of a foreign government.
Contact with North Korea
Wen stated to the investigators that he met North Korean officials in a message in China before entering the United States, which gave him instructions for the North Korean government. He also confessed that he tried to buy uniforms to disguise North Korean soldiers for the surprising attack.
Current developments in North Korea
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has shown his project to use tactical nuclear weapons on the border with South Korea, an ally of the United States. This was recently underlined by the delivery of nuclear -capable rocket launchers on front military units. United Nations resolution resolutions prohibit North Korea the import or export of weapons.
Charges and other activities
In 2022, North Korean officials contacted him via an online messaging service and pointed out him to buy firearms, the prosecutors reported. Who sent two containers with weapons and other objects of Long Beach, California, to North Korea via Hong Kong in 2023.
Gun trade and investigation
In order to realize his project, who bought a company called Super Armory, a state licensed armor in 2023, for $ 150,000 and registered it on the name of his business partner in Texas. He had other people bought the firearms and transported them to California, while incorrectly declared the deliveries as a refrigerator and camera parts. Investigators stated that they could not confirm whether WE had organized deliveries in the USA in the first ten years.
Evidence and arrests
In September, the FBI confiscated 50,000 rounds of ammunition from Wens Haus in the California suburb of Ontario, which was stored in a van in the entrance. In addition, a chemical threat detection system and a transmission detection device was ensured, from which he wanted to send it to the North Korean government for military use.