The wife of a U.S. Navy officer based in Jacksonville has pleaded guilty on Sept. 16 to charges related to her role in a scheme to smuggle military-grade equipment to a company in China.
Yang Yang, a 34-year-old naturalized citizen who immigrated from China, pleaded guilty to two charges: submitting false information to export, and attempting to fraudulently export, maritime raiding craft and engines to China in violation of federal law, according to a Sept. 16 press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).