Bail is denied to man accused in data case
A U.S. District judge Monday denied bail to a UCLA student accused of participating in a scheme to smuggle military information to the Chinese government.
Yui “Billy” Mak, 26, was indicted in October on charges that he encrypted military data on disks that his parents, Tai Mak and Fuk Heung Li, allegedly tried to take to China.
Indicted with Mak and his parents in the alleged scheme were Yui Mak’s uncle, Chi Mak, who worked as an engineer designing submarine technology at Paragon Power in Anaheim, and Chi Mak’s wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu.
The three Mak men are being held without bail, while Chiu and Li are free pending trial.
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