U.S. CUSTOMS ARRESTS TWO ATTEMPTING TO EXPORT MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
The U.S. Customs Service arrested two individuals attempting to export military encryption technology to China.
The KIV-7HS encryption technology devices is designed for government use only and cannot be legally exported without an export license from the State Department. Under the Arms Export Control Act that China is prohibited from receiving this license.
“The technology that these individuals were attempting to export to China is among the most sensitive items on the U.S. munitions list,” said Allan Doody, Customs' special agent-in-charge in Baltimore. “The sale of these units is so tightly controlled that the National Security Agency must approve it.”
The arrest of Eugene You Tsai Hsu of Blue Springs, Mo., and David Tzu Wvi Yang of Temple City, Calif., follows a four-month investigation by Doody's office in Baltimore and the Defense Department's Defense Security Service.