Ex-Lockheed agent pleads guilty to China arms plot
Ex-Lockheed agent pleads guilty to China arms plot
By Jim Wolf Wed May 17, 6:36 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Taiwanese man who worked as a sales representative for the Pentagon's biggest supplier pleaded guilty on Wednesday to plotting to ship to China advanced U.S. weapons, including an F-16 fighter engine and nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
Ko-Suen Moo, of Taipei, Taiwan, also pleaded guilty in federal court in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to being a covert agent for China, U.S. law enforcement officials said.
Moo, 58, represented Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news), the industry-leading U.S. defense contractor, in Taiwan for more than 10 years, the company said.
Spokesman Thomas Jurkowsky said all Lockheed's agreements with Moo's company, Rayton Communications Inc., were ended on or about January 10 this year.
Moo was charged on February 9 along with Maurice Serge Voros of Paris, France. Moo has been in custody since November and faces up to 30 years in prison and fines totaling $2 million. Voros is a fugitive. A sentencing date was not scheduled.
Among weapons Moo and others were negotiating to buy for China were AGM-129 advanced cruise missiles, designed to carry an air-launched nuclear warhead up to 2,000 miles, law-enforcement officials said in a statement.
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By Jim Wolf Wed May 17, 6:36 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Taiwanese man who worked as a sales representative for the Pentagon's biggest supplier pleaded guilty on Wednesday to plotting to ship to China advanced U.S. weapons, including an F-16 fighter engine and nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
Ko-Suen Moo, of Taipei, Taiwan, also pleaded guilty in federal court in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to being a covert agent for China, U.S. law enforcement officials said.
Moo, 58, represented Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news), the industry-leading U.S. defense contractor, in Taiwan for more than 10 years, the company said.
Spokesman Thomas Jurkowsky said all Lockheed's agreements with Moo's company, Rayton Communications Inc., were ended on or about January 10 this year.
Moo was charged on February 9 along with Maurice Serge Voros of Paris, France. Moo has been in custody since November and faces up to 30 years in prison and fines totaling $2 million. Voros is a fugitive. A sentencing date was not scheduled.
Among weapons Moo and others were negotiating to buy for China were AGM-129 advanced cruise missiles, designed to carry an air-launched nuclear warhead up to 2,000 miles, law-enforcement officials said in a statement.
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