News Summary

• Shenghua Wen, 42, purchased many of the weapons in Texas and drove them to California, where they were shipped out of the Port of Long Beach.
• At least one shipment was listed as a refrigerator on export documents.
• Wen admitted in his plea agreement that he knew it was illegal to ship the goods to North Korea, never obtained the required licences and did not inform Washington that he was acting as an agent for Pyongyang.
• His sentence was handed down on Monday by the US District Court for the Central District of California.