Wendell Minnick
Chinese University Connected to US Navy
TAIPEI — A Chinese national living in Florida was indicted on 18 counts of working as an illegal agent, conspiring to defraud the US, money laundering and the unlawful export of items used in unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) to China.
The indictments were unsealed April 21 by the US Attorney Office in Middle District, Florida.
According to the allegations, Amin “Amy” Yu operated Florida-based IFour International Inc. from 2009 to 2014 and Ohio-based Amin International Inc. from 2002 to 2009 for the purpose of procuring equipment and systems for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Harbin Engineering University (HEU).
Before moving to the United States, Yu worked as a laboratory manager at HEU’s Marine Control Equipment and System Research Division.
Allegedly, five co-conspirators worked with Yu to obtain a wide variety of items and most were in one way or another employees of HEU. Yu worked to secure equipment from companies based in Canada, Europe and the United States. Exported items were used in HEU and PLAN UUVs, remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV), and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).
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