3 Plead Not Guilty in China-Plot Case
Three people indicted on charges of failing to register as agents of a foreign government in an alleged scheme to pass sensitive military technology to China pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday.
Chi Mak and his wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu of Downey, and brother, Tai Wang Mak of Alhambra, entered their pleas in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana. Their trial was set for Jan. 10. If convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors alleged that Chi Mak transferred unclassified information about submarine technology to his home computer and that Tai Mak encrypted the information on a CD and planned to take it to China.
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