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Washington, D.C. - United States Attorney Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement F. Amanda Debusk, and United States Customs Service Assistant Commissioner Bonnie Tischler, Office of Investigations, jointly announced that Yufeng Wang, age 36, also known as Alan Wang, a Chinese National currently living in Ft. Lee, N.J., was arrested today in Detroit, Michigan, on an outstanding federal warrant that was issued following his indictment by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., filed under seal last month, on charges that he violated U.S. export control laws and made a false statement related to the shipment of a 60-ton riot control vehicle equipped with a pressurized pepper gas dispensing system to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1995.
The federal indictment was unsealed today following Wang's arrest. Wang, who is currently being held without bond, is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, February 16, 1999, for a bond and removal hearing.
Wang is charged with three counts of illegal shipment of defense articles and services and one count of filing a false statement with the U.S. government. Each of the export counts carry a penalty of ten years in prison and a million dollar fine while the false statement count carries a penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The vehicle, sold by Moore Custom Trucks of Hernando, MS, was sold under the name of MCT Blueshield Riot Control Vehicle. It contained a pressurized system capable of spraying tear and pepper gas from the truck in several directions and would have required a State Department license for shipment to the PRC.
U.S. Attorney Lewis noted that "these alleged unlawful transactions constitute serious violations of export control laws designed to further the security and foreign policy of the United States."
The Department of Commerce, through its Bureau of Export Administration, and the United States Customs Service administer and enforce export controls for reasons of national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation, and short supply. Criminal penalties, as well as administrative sanctions, can be imposed for violations.
"This case illustrates our strong commitment to enforcement of our nation's export control laws," said Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, F. Amanda Debusk. Commerce's Boston Office of Export Enforcement and the U.S. Customs Services originally investigated the case.
U.S. Attorney Lewis, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Debusk, and Assistant Commissioner Tischler commended the cooperative effort of the United States Attorney's Office, the Department of Commerce of Export Enforcement and the U.S. Customs Service, Office of Investigations in handling this investigation. Specifically, they commended the work of Assistant United States Attorney Joseph B. Valder who is prosecuting the case, and Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration Special Agent David Poole and United States Customs Service Special Agent John M. Kennedy who investigated the case.
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In April of 2002 the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) changed its name to the Bureau of Industry and Security(BIS). For historical purposes we have not changed the references to BXA in the legacy documents found in the Archived Press and Public Information.