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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2024
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Checked
Yanlai Zhong
The FBI lists Yanlai Zhong, a Chinese national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2024). The notice says Zhong is wanted for: Conspiracy.
He is described as having brown eyes and black hair. Born on 12 February 1983 in Shandong, China, he would now be 43.
- Weapons offences
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy
Case details, as published by FBI
Yanlai Zhong, aka, Sydney Chung, is wanted for his alleged involvement in a years-long conspiracy to unlawfully export and smuggle U.S.-origin electronic components from the United States to Iran. It is alleged that he unlawfully exported and smuggled U.S. export controlled items through China and Hong Kong ultimately for the benefit of entities affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), which supervises Iran’s development and production of missiles, weapons, and military aerial equipment to include Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). On January 31, 2024, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Zhong in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., after he was charged with Conspiracy.
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