Shenghua Wen, an undocumented 
national living in the US, has been charged with procuring and shipping guns, ammunition and electronics to North Korea.
Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers from Long Beach, California, through Hong Kong and then to North Korea. He was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home in Ontario, California.
Wen was helping North Korea obtain goods for a surprise attack on South Korea.
Federal agents in August seized two devices from Wen's home that he had allegedly planned to send to North Korea for its military use — a chemical threat identification device and a handheld broadband receiver.
These items, as well as other requests from North Korea, including for plane engines and military uniforms, were intended for the attack on South Korea.
In Sep, over 50,000 rounds of ammo were found in Wen's vehicle that he allegedly admitted were heading to North Korea.
Wen entered the US on a student visa in 2012 and never left.
He allegedly met North Korean officials in China before he came to the US. He was then directed to procure goods on behalf of North Korea.
Being in the US illegally, Wen knew he could not buy the goods so he allegedly relied on straw purchases, using other people to purchase the guns.
He was sent $2 million from North Korea to allegedly set up a federally licensed firearms business in Texas and to make the straw purchases.
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national living in the US, has been charged with procuring and shipping guns, ammunition and electronics to North Korea.
Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers from Long Beach, California, through Hong Kong and then to North Korea. He was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home in Ontario, California.
Wen was helping North Korea obtain goods for a surprise attack on South Korea.
Federal agents in August seized two devices from Wen's home that he had allegedly planned to send to North Korea for its military use — a chemical threat identification device and a handheld broadband receiver.
These items, as well as other requests from North Korea, including for plane engines and military uniforms, were intended for the attack on South Korea.
In Sep, over 50,000 rounds of ammo were found in Wen's vehicle that he allegedly admitted were heading to North Korea.
Wen entered the US on a student visa in 2012 and never left.
He allegedly met North Korean officials in China before he came to the US. He was then directed to procure goods on behalf of North Korea.
Being in the US illegally, Wen knew he could not buy the goods so he allegedly relied on straw purchases, using other people to purchase the guns.
He was sent $2 million from North Korea to allegedly set up a federally licensed firearms business in Texas and to make the straw purchases.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/undocum
justice.gov/opa/pr/califor