SMUGGLERS: Orange County has had its share...
SMUGGLERS: Orange County has had its share of high-tech smuggling cases, although none as notorious as this week’s San Diego-to-Iraq nuclear triggers sting (A1). . . . Huntington Beach engineer Richard K. Smyth, charged with shipping nuclear devices to Israel, jumped bail in 1985 and vanished. . . . Two years later, Costa Mesa businessman George Posey III was charged with selling manuals for jet fighter engines to South Africa, a U.S. arms embargo violation. Posey pleaded guilty, got four months in prison and was fined.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 6, 1990 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday April 6, 1990 Orange County Edition Part A Page 3 Column 3 Metro Desk 1 inches; 31 words Type of Material: Correction
Airplane manuals--George Posey III was convicted of selling manuals for C-130 transport planes to South Africa in 1987 in violation of the Anti-Apartheid Act. A March 30 Newswatch item described the case incorrectly.
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