Court Report

Engineer Gets 24 1/2 Years in Prison

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Chinese-born engineer convicted of conspiracy to export U.S. defense technology to China was sentenced to 24 1/2 years in federal prison by a judge who said the defendant betrayed his adopted country. Chi Mak, 67, a naturalized U.S. citizen who worked on naval propulsion systems, was also convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, attempting to violate export control laws and making false statements to the FBI. Federal prosecutors asked for 30 years, while Mak's defense team proposed 10 years. Read more...


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