Mr.
Schiff: A trash check leads to
a prison term. FBI Special Agent Lisa
Gentilcore worked on a case of a man
illegally selling thermal imaging
and infrared technology overseas.
Part of the investigation was checking
the subject's trash, much of which
was in pieces...
Ms. Gentilcore: "It was basically
a big puzzle and we had to put it
all back together. The one additional
element here was that it was all in
Chinese for the most part."
Mr. Schiff:
Gentilcore says this find was key...
Ms. Gentilcore: "Sent them
to our translation center here in
San Francisco and then let the linguists
do their work and when they sent it
back to us, we realized that we had
really found an incredible source
of evidence."
Mr. Schiff:
Gentilcore says that a jury trial
ended in a hung jury and that later
he reached a guilty plea...
Ms. Gentilcore: "As part of
a plea agreement he actually pleaded
guilty to brokering the illegal export
of a specific type of camera to the
People's Republic of China."
Mr. Schiff:
The man was fined $50,000 and sentenced
to two-years in federal prison. I'm
Neal Schiff of the Bureau and that's
the FBI's Closed Case of the Week."
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