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California Man to Plead Guilty in Plot

to Export Restricted Technology to
India
WASHINGTON — A California man was charged today with illegally exporting
sensitive technology to a business in India that was restricted from receiving such
technology without a license, Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Kenneth L. Wainstein and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California
George S. Cardona announced today.

Samuel Shangteh Peng, 56, of Yorba Linda, California was named in a criminal
information filed in the United States District Court in Santa Ana, California. The
information alleges five counts of unlawful exports to a prohibited entity. Peng has
agreed to plead guilty to the charges, each of which carries a statutory maximum
penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

“The defendant circumvented our export laws and put sophisticated equipment in
the hands of a foreign company that was listed as an end-user of concern for
proliferation reasons. With this prosecution, the defendant will no longer be able to
make a profit at the expense of our national security,” said Assistant Attorney
General Wainstein.

Peng was an international sales manager and was responsible for all exports at
Endevco Corporation, an Orange County, California company that manufactures
electronic sensors, vibration testing equipment, and other technology with both
civilian and military applications. The information alleges that Peng illegally
exported a variety of sensitive items in 1999 and 2000 from the United States to
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Engine Division, in Bangalore, India.

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Commerce designated this facility in India as an

end-user of concern for proliferation reasons. As such, it was unlawful for anyone in
the United States to export certain goods or technology of U.S. origin from the
United States to HAL without authorization and an export license from the
Department of Commerce. The facility was removed from the prohibited entity list
in 2001.
During 1999 and 2000, Peng allegedly exported to HAL vibration amplifiers, cable
assemblies and vibration processor units, which can be used in military and civilian
aircraft to extract vibration information from engines and to simulate output for
calibrating, servicing, and testing that equipment. According to the criminal
information, at no time did Peng have the required export license to export vibration
amplifiers, cable assemblies, and vibration processor units from the United States to
HAL.

Peng will be summoned to appear for an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Santa
Ana, California on August 20, 2007.

This case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative
Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Todd T.
Tristan of the Santa Ana Branch Office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central
District of California.

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