Two men from China have been sentenced to federal prison in New Mexico for conspiring to export sensors primarily manufactured for sale to the U.S. Department of Defense.
A federal judge Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Bo Cai, of Nanjing, to two years in prison.
Cai's 30-year-old cousin Wentong Cai, of Chifeng, received an 18-month prison term.
Both will be deported after completing their sentences.
The men pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to smuggle sensors to China without first obtaining the required export license.
The sensors are used in high-level defense applications such as line-of-sight stabilization and precision motion control systems.
Authorities say the men obtained a sensor from undercover agents. Bo Cai was arrested at a Los Angeles airport with a sensor concealed in a computer speaker inside his luggage.
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