{"id":2445321,"date":"2025-06-10T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-busted-exporting-military-items-funneling-them-to-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:45:04","slug":"illegal-alien-busted-exporting-military-items-funneling-them-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-busted-exporting-military-items-funneling-them-to-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Alien Busted Exporting Military Items, Funneling Them to North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-alien-busted-exporting-military-items-funneling-them-to-north-korea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2445321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 42-year-old Chinese national named Shenghua Wen, living illegally in California, has pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-refugees-face-federal-charges-after-trying-to-rape-child-strangle-woman-in-wisconsin-report\/\" title=\"Afghan Refugees Face ... After Trying To Rape Child, Strangle Woman In Wisconsin: Report\">federal charges related<\/a> to smuggling American military goods to North Korea. Wen was arrested in December 2024 and has been in federal custody as then. He illegally exported firearms, ammunition, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military equipment<\/a> to North Korea, motivated by directives from North Korean officials, which he had met before moving to the U.S.on a student visa in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Wen admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-judge-ends-probation-for-chinas-zte-telecom-giant\/\" title=\"U.S. Judge Ends Probation for China\u2019s ZTE Telecom Giant\">illegally shipping<\/a> at least three containers of firearms from the Port of Long Beach, disguising the shipments with false export information. Additionally, he purchased firearms in Texas and operated a gun store, which facilitated his scheme. Beyond weapons, he also targeted sensitive technology for theft, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chemical threat identification device<\/a> and thermal imaging systems. Facing a maximum of 30 years in prison, his sentencing is scheduled for August.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Chinese national was busted for smuggling American military goods to a foreign nation &mdash; but not to the country he&rsquo;s from.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Monday Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-acting-direction-north-korea-export-firearms-ammo-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a>, Shenghua Wen, a 42-year-old illegal alien from China living <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/enough-enough-hundreds-marines-move-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in California<\/a>, pleaded guilty to two federal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Wen &ldquo;pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of acting as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alien-wuhan-charged-trying-smuggle-biological-material-us-school-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal agent of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-communist-party-database-leaks-proves-party-members-have-infiltrated-foreign-governments-and-major-companies\/\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party Database Leaks, Proves Party Members Have Infiltrated Foreign Governments and Major Companies\">foreign government<\/a><\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He has been in federal custody since being arrested in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Of note, Wen illegally exported guns, ammunition and other military equipment not to China &mdash; of which he admitted being a citizen of &mdash; but to fellow longtime U.S. adversary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-korea-finally-rights-national-humiliation-world-no-idea-strange-objects-seen-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Wen originally came to the U.S. in 2012 on a student visa, but prior to that, he met with North Korean officials who directed him to steal goods on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>(The student visa expired in 2013, though Wen obviously stayed past it.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2023, at the direction of North Korean government officials, Wen shipped at least three containers of firearms out of the Port of Long Beach to China en route to their ultimate destination in North Korea,&rdquo; the DOJ noted. &ldquo;Wen took steps to conceal that he was illegally shipping firearms to North Korea by, among other things, filing false export information regarding the contents of the containers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The funding from North Korea also allowed Wen to purchase a gun store in Houston, allowing him to better operate his scheme.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wen purchased many of the firearms he sent to North Korea in Texas and drove the firearms from Texas to California, where he arranged for them to be shipped,&rdquo; the DOJ explained.<\/p>\n<p>Wen also bought copious amounts of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&rsquo;t just weaponry that Wen stole for North Korea. He was also ordered to steal what the DOJ described as &ldquo;sensitive technology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That tech included &ldquo;a chemical threat identification device and a handheld broadband receiver that detects known, unknown, illegal, disruptive or interfering transmissions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other contraband targeted by Wen included a civilian airplane engine and a mountable thermal imaging system.<\/p>\n<p>Wen ultimately admitted that he was aware that what he was doing was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>He faces a maximum of 30 years in prison if convicted on both federal charges.<\/p>\n<p>A sentencing is scheduled for August.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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As reported by the Department of Justice on Monday, Shenghua Wen, a 42-year-old undocumented immigrant from China residing in California, admitted guilt to two federal offenses. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and acting as an illegal agent for a foreign government. Since his arrest in December 2024, he has been in federal custody. Notably, Wen exported firearms and military supplies not to China but rather to North Korea, a long-standing adversary of the U.S., despite being a Chinese citizen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2445322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kim-Jung-Un.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50403,54015,56875,50611,32109],"class_list":["post-2445321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crime-2","tag-illegal-alien","tag-military-export","tag-national-security-2","tag-north-korea"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kim-Jung-Un.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445325,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445321\/revisions\/2445325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}