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An illegal immigrant accused of shipping of firearms, ammunition and other military goods who were hidden inside shipping containers in North Korea were sentenced to eight years in jail on Monday.
42 -year -old Shengua Wayne of Ontario’s Los Angeles suburb was in federal custody since December 2024, convicted for a count of a conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Forces Act (IEEPA) in June and a counting of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.
A Chinese citizen, Wayne, entered the United States on a student visa in 2012, and illegally stayed in the US after the visa ended in December 2013, said the Department of Justice. Before entering the US, Wayne met North Korean government officials at the Embassy of the country in China, where they asked them to buy goods from the Communist state.
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Federal prosecutors said that Shengua Wayne had bought firearms and other items, which he illegally sent to North Korea from California. (Justice Department)
Federal prosecutors said, “Wayne and some co-speculators hidden items inside the shipping containers shipped from Long Beach, California in North Korea and successfully sent North Korea to firearms and ammunition,” said federal prosecutors.
The Department of Justice said that on August 14, the authorities confiscated two devices-a chemical danger identification equipment and a hand-held broadband receiver who detects the evsdroping devices-at the house’s house that he intended to send North Korea, said the Department of Justice. On 6 September, the law enforcement seized about 50,000 rounds of 9 mm of the ammunition, which was allegedly received by Wayne to send North Korea.
File – Los Angeles, American Attorney, Martin Estrada announced allegations against a Chinese person in California on 3 December 2024, which is accused of illegal shipping weapons and ammunition in North Korea. ) (Jaime Ding / AP)
Messages received from Wayne’s cellphone revealed the discussion with co-speculators about shipping military-grade equipment in North Korea. Some of these messages include photographs, which Wayne sent controlled goods for export in arms rules in international traffic, US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) said in a December news release.
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Federal prosecutors said the agents seized equipment from Wayne’s house. (Justice Department)
From January to April 2024, Wayne sent emails and text messages to the US-based broker about obtaining a civic aircraft engine. There were also many text messages on Wayne’s iPhone about the price talks for the aircraft and its engine.
North Korean authorities gave Wayne a $ 2 million wire to achieve firearms and other items. He told investigators that he believed that the North Korean government wanted arms and ammunition for a possible attack on South Korea.
With money, Wayne was able to pay for an arsenal and a federal gun license for $ 150,000 and the Texas Secretary listed his partner’s name as the owner of the business to register with the Secretary of the State.
Officials said that in an attempt to avoid detection by flying under radar and avoiding detection by alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATFs), they had bought firearms for others, officials said.
A North Korean flag flutters next to the concertina wire at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A North Korean citizen was sentenced to 45 months in the US jail on Friday in connection with American sanctions and other schemes. (Reuters/Edgar SU)
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“Once the straw buyers gave Venne to Venne, they took him to California, packed the firearms in a shipping container, and sent the container to China, knowing that it would move to North Korea,” the court documents state.
