Chinese-American Raytheon Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Technology Exports

Chinese-American Raytheon Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Technology Exports
The seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior of the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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A Chinese-American electrical engineer who worked for Raytheon Missile and Defense was sentenced on Wednesday to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. export control law, the U.S. Justice Department announced.

The department said that Sun Wei, 49, a Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen, worked for the Raytheon unit in Tucson, Arizona, for 10 years. Lawyers for Sun did not immediately respond to a request for comment.