Judge Sentences Chinese National to 108 Months in Jail Following Arms Export Conviction
A U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York sentenced on Nov. 15 Chinese National Zhifu Lin to 108 months imprisonment, following an illegal weapons trafficking conviction. The 27-year-old Lin allegedly sent dozens of semi-automatic handguns, rifles, shotguns,…
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and military-style assault weapons to China from 2010-2012, in violation on the Arms Export Control Act. The weapons transferred are included in the U.S. Munitions List and require a State Department export license. Lin has been in federal custody since his April 2012 arrest in West Virginia.