Raleight, NC – The owner of a company of North Carolina declared himself guilty in a federal court on Friday of trying to sell electronic devices that have military requests to China without having an US government license. UU. Required, authorities said.
David C. Bohmerwald, whom he was formally accused in October of violating the Export Control Reform Law and other parts of the Federal Code, presented the statement to a position before the United States District Judge, Terrence Boyle in Raleigh. Bohmerwald, 63, has a tentative sentence date for mid -May, according to judicial records. He could face up to 20 years in prison, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice.
Bohmerwald, the owner of Components Cooper Inc., based in Raleigh, bought 100 accelerometers from an electronic company based in the United States, and then tried to export the devices to a company in China, according to the statement, citing judicial documents and information presented in the Court.
An accelerometer, which measures the vibration, inclination and acceleration of a structure, can be used in aerospace and military applications, such as helping missiles to fly more accurately and measure the precise effect of ammunition.
The electronic company notified the police about the request to buy Bohmerwald. After receiving the accelerometers, Bohmerwald left two plots, one aimed at a business in China, in a shipping store, according to the statement. A federal agent kept the package and found the 100 accelerometers inside.
Bohmerwald falsely listed the value of the package content at $ 100, when the true value was almost $ 20,000, according to the government, and admitted the agents that the technology acquired on behalf of a company based in China while knew the export restrictions.
“The interruption of this scheme to illegally export sensitive technology means that accelerometers and other articles will not be used by unauthorized or adverse individuals,” said Cardell Morant, a special agent in charge that supervises national security investigations, within the National Security Department, in Las Carolinas.
The lawyers identified in the judicial records representing Bohmerwald in the case did not respond on Friday to an email in search of comments.
