An indictment was unsealed this week charging Cheng Bo, also known as Joe Cheng, a 45-year-old national of the People’s Republic of China, with participating in a criminal conspiracy from 2012-2015 to violate U.S. export laws by shipping U.S. power amplifiers to China
Cheng made false statements to the U.S. manufacturer of the power amplifiers that the amplifiers would be used in Hong Kong when Cheng knew they would be shipped illegally from Hong Kong to China.
Cheng's former employer--Avnet Asia Pte. Ltd.--admitted that from 2012-2015, Cheng oversaw at least 18 individual shipments of export-controlled goods from the U.S. to Hong Kong to China. The value of those illegal exports was at least $814,000, according to officials.
Meanwhile, Avnet Asia also admitted that another Singapore-based sales account manager conspired to violate U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions from 2007-2009 by aiding in at least 29 shipments of U.S. goods to Iran and China. The value of those illegal exports was at least $347,000, officials stated.
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