1-25-18 
Last week, RCMP officers raided the Brossard home of McGill associate professor Ishiang Shih, who teaches electrical and computer engineering. According to an FBI affidavit, money was transferred by wire from the U.S. to a Brossard company registered in Shih’s name. The money was sent by Shih’s brother, Yi-Chi Shih — who is also an associate professor of engineering at the University of California in Los Angeles.
Yi-Chi Shih was arrested Friday, Jan. 19 in Pasadena along with Kiet Ahn Mai. Federal prosecutors say the men conspired to have a U.S. company make special high-speed computer chips that were illegally exported to a Chinese company connected to Shih, according to the affidavit. The affidavit alleged a scheme to defraud a U.S. company of its technology and divert it to China unlawfully.
Authorities say the chips have a number of commercial and military uses, including radar and electronic warfare applications, and that the chips that were exported to China were done in violation of national security laws.
Reached by La Presse this week, Ishiang Shih said the allegations that he may have been involved in theft of military technology are part of a misunderstanding. He added that he is in the process of looking for a lawyer.
A home registered to Shih and his wife was raided by the RCMP on Jan. 19 and documents were seized. La Presse reported the raid is part of the ongoing FBI probe into the theft of military technology involving the creation of chips used in radar systems, signal jamming and anti-signal jamming systems, and that some of the technology was turned over to China....Yi-Chi Shih’s travel was also monitored, and his lengthy travel itinerary included several trips to China and Montreal during a 10-year period. http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-professor-denies-fbi-claim-he-stole-military-technology-report
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2130657/professor-brothers-canada-and-us-are-both-suspected
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