Major Export Enforcement Cases - Directorate of Defense Trade ...

Gomez, Jose Barajas, Pascual Montor-Torres, and Maria Cifuentes-Espinoza and Florencio
Barrios-Hernandez, in connection with a related drug conspiracy. The investigation was
conducted by ATF, DEA, ICE and local law enforcement in the Northern District of Florida.
Firearms to Kosovo & Austria – On Nov. 5, 2010, Ramadan Rama, a native of Kosovo, was
charged by criminal complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina with unlawfully shipping
firearms on a common carrier and illegally exporting firearms. Rama allegedly transported two
semi-automatic pistols on a flight from North Carolina to Kosovo and later transported a semiautomatic
pistol on a flight from North Carolina to Austria. He was later indicted in December
2010 on charges that included violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Rama pleaded guilty
on March 9, 2011 to failure to notify a commercial carrier of a firearm and exporting defense
articles without a license. He was sentenced on July 21, 2011 to 18 months in prison. This
investigation was conducted by ICE.
DuPont Trade Secrets to China – On Oct. 26, 2010, Hong Meng, a former research chemist for
DuPont, was sentenced in the District of Delaware to 14 months in prison and $58,621 in
restitution for theft of trade secrets. Meng pleaded guilty on June 8, 2010. Meng was involved in
researching Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) during his tenure at DuPont. In early 2009,
DuPont’s OLED research efforts resulted in the development of a breakthrough chemical process
(trade secret) that increased the performance and longevity of OLED displays. In the Spring of
2009, while still employed at DuPont and without DuPont’s permission or knowledge, Meng
accepted employment as a faculty member at Peking University (PKU) College of Engineering,
Department of Nanotechnology in Beijing, China, and thereafter began soliciting funding to
commercialize his OLED research at PKU. In June 2009, he emailed to his PKU account the
protected chemical process from DuPont. He also downloaded the chemical process from his
DuPont work computer to a thumb drive which he uploaded to his personal computer. In August
2009, he mailed a package containing 109 samples of DuPont intermediate chemical compounds
to a colleague at Northwestern University and instructed his colleague at Northwestern to forward
the materials to Meng’s office at PKU. Eight of the 109 samples were trade secret chemical
compounds. Meng also made false statements to the FBI when questioned about these samples.
This investigation was conducted by the FBI.
Rocket Propulsion Systems, Engines and Technology to South Korea – On Oct. 20, 2010,
Juwhan Yun, a.k.a. Jw Yun, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Korean origin, was sentenced in the
Southern District of Florida to 57 months in prison and 3 years supervised release. On May 14,
2010, Yun pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export defense articles to South Korea,
including components for a 20 mm gun, known as the M61Vulcan; components for a SU-27
Russian fighter jet; and RD-180 rocket propulsion systems, and related technology without the
required State Department licenses. Yun was arrested on April 15, 2009, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
and subsequently indicted on April 29, 2009 for attempting to purchase rocket materials for a
company working on the Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle project and which was previously
involved in developing Korea’s KOMPSAT-1 satellite. Yun was previously convicted in May
1989 of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act in connection with an effort to export
500 quarter-ton bombs of sarin nerve gas to Iran. None of the bombs ultimately made it to Iran.
He was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison in 1989. He was released from federal prison in
March 1991 and was debarred by the State Department as a result of his conviction. This
investigation was conducted by ICE and DCIS.
Missiles, Grenade Launchers & Other Weapons to Sri Lankan Terrorists: On Oct. 18, 2010, a
federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted Balraj Naidu, a citizen of Singapore, of
51