Shuren Qin will make his first court appearance on Friday.
SCMP: US accuses trader Qin Shuren of smuggling anti-submarine devices to China
Qin is alleged to have exported hydrophones to Northwestern Polytechnical University, a Chinese military research institute
The head of a company that distributes marine-related products was arrested on Thursday on US charges that he conspired with an entity affiliated with China’s armed forces to export devices that could be used in anti-submarine warfare.
Qin Shuren, a Chinese national living in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Boston with visa fraud and conspiring to commit violations of US export regulations.
Prosecutors said the 41-year-old was arrested on Thursday and would make his first court appearance on Friday.
A lawyer for Qin did not respond to a request for comment.
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WNU Editor: A Chinese national who becomes a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 2014 .... but who has more than enough money to open and run several China-based companies that imports goods from the United States and Europe with applications in underwater or marine technologies .... something does not add up here.
