A Chinese national who overstayed his student visa has been sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally shipping ammunition and other military items to North Korea via China.
Shenghua Wen, 42, of Ontario, California, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson in Los Angeles on Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced in a statement.
Wen has been in federal custody since last December, when he was arrested at his home in Ontario. In June, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government….
Chinese National Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Shipping Weapons to North Korea via China
