A Chinese man has admitted to being part of a scheme to smuggle inflatable military boats from the United States to China.
Ge Songtao, 50, pleaded guilty in a Jacksonville federal court on Nov. 2 to conspiring to submit false information to fraudulently export maritime raiding craft and engines, and attempting to fraudulently export that equipment in violation of federal law, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. He faces up to 15 years in prison. A sentencing hearing has not been set.
