Si Chen arrested!; Chinese pirating methods

5-24-17    A 2017 report by the bipartisan nongovernmental Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property described the nation of 1.3 billion as the "world's principal IP infringer." Purloined trade secrets - in combination with more quantifiable thefts, like counterfeit goods and pirated software - cost the U.S. at least $225 billion per year, and possibly as much as $600 billion.    https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Seven-arrested-in-international-scheme-to-steal-11170902.php

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5-25-17   Also on Tuesday, Si “Cathy” Chen was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in Pomona California, and is now charged with shipping sensitive technology with military applications back to her native mainland China for over two years.  Under the  International Emergency Economic Powers Act, many kinds of high-tech American devices may not be sent to China for fear they can be reverse engineered and used to bolster their military effectiveness.

  In this case, Chen is alleged to have shipped dozens of cutting-edge radio transmission and digital-to-analog conversion components with potential use in military guidance and radio jamming application.  Chinese firms operating in the United States would purchase the components explicitly for use within the United States.  They would then send them to Chen in Pomona, who would in turn ship them to Hong Kong or mainland China, listing them in customs documents as low-value uncontrolled electronics. In return, money from China was wired to Chen’s accounts in the United States.   http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/25/sessions-doj-cracking-down-on-chinese-corporate-spies/

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5-23-17  

Si Chen (SHOWN) also is accused of smuggling devices typically used in space communications applications, and falsifying the paperwork used in shipping those items to list them as worth $500, rather than their true value of more than $100,000.  The exports in question date from March 2013 to December 2015. 

  In addition to various export-related offenses, Chen is charged with conspiracy, money laundering, making false statements on an immigration application and using a forged passport, according to the Justice Department.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-smuggling-china-idUSKBN18J2ZH

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May 26, 2018:  In April 2018 two Chinese-born men (Shan Shi and Gang Liu) were indicted for conspiring to commit economic espionage in the United States.  It was also revealed that the two men (one of them an American citizen and the other a permanent resident) and four others were also indicted in July 2017 for conspiring to steal trade secrets.  http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20180526.aspx
 (A very in-depth, comprehensive article on Chinese economic espionage!)   

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