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\"DOJ<\/a>DOJ: Man from China Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Computer Chips<\/p>\n

Daofu Zhang, 40, of Shenzen, China, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment for conspiring to sell counterfeits of sophisticated integrated circuits to a purchaser in the United States.<\/p>\n

From the press release:<\/p>\n

According to court documents and statements made in court, Zhang and his two co-conspirators each operated businesses in China that bought and sold electronic components, including integrated circuits (\u201cICs\u201d).\u00a0 In the summer of 2015, Zhang\u2019s co-conspirator, Xianfeng Zuo asked the other co-conspirator, Jiang Yan, to locate and purchase several advanced ICs made by Xilinx Corp., which had military applications, including radiation tolerance for uses in space.\u00a0 Yan then asked a U.S. individual to locate the Xilinx ICs and sell them to Yan.\u00a0 The U.S. individual explained that the ICs cannot be shipped outside the U.S. without an export license, but Yan still wished to make the purchase.\u00a0 When the U.S. individual expressed concern that the desired ICs would have to be stolen from military inventory, Yan proposed to supply the U.S. source with \u201cfake\u201d ICs that \u201clook the same,\u201d to replace the ones to be stolen from the military.<\/p>\n

In November 2015, Zhang shipped from China to the U.S. individual, two packages containing a total of eight counterfeit ICs, each bearing a counterfeit Xilinx brand label.\u00a0 After further discussions between Yan and the U.S. individual, Yan, Zhang, and Zuo flew together from China to the U.S. in early December 2015 to complete the Xilinx ICs purchase.\u00a0 On December 10, 2015, the three conspirators drove to a location near Route 95 in Milford, Connecticut, where they planned to meet the U.S. individual, make payment, and take custody of the Xilinx ICs.\u00a0 Federal agents arrested all three at the meeting location.<\/p>\n

Zhang has been detained since his arrest.\u00a0 On April 15, 2016, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As part of his sentence, Zhang was ordered to forfeit $63,000.<\/p>\n

To read the entire press release\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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