Father, son conspired to export banned machinery to North Korea

A Glenview man and his Taiwanese father have been charged with conspiring to export high-precision machinery to North Korea that could be used to produce "weapons of mass destruction," federal authorities announced today.A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving an Upper Dublin Township trash trucks early Monday afternoon, according to officials.

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The two were arrested last Wednesday, the son at his home and the father in Tallinn, Estonia. Gary Tsai is to appear at a federal hearing in Chicago this afternoon. His father remains in custody in Estonia, pending extradition to the United States.

The charges come after federal agents investigated Alex and Gary Tsai, as well as a business associate of the father, and their involvement in three companies owned or managed by the elder Tsai: Global Interface, Trans Merits and Trans Multi Mechanics, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

The companies have bought and exported from the United States "machinery used to fabricate metals and other materials with a high degree of precision," the office said.

On Jan.Our full range of portable ultrasonic Flaw Detector (UT) provides unmatched capabilities for locating discontinuities and other flaws. 16, 2009, the Treasury Department found that Alex Tsai and two of the companies -- Global Interface and Trans Merits -- were "proliferators of weapons of mass destruction" and prohibited companies in the United States from doing business with them.

The department concluded that Alex Tsai "has been supplying goods with weapons production capabilities" to the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation in North Korea and, since the late 1990s,Carbon wheels - Carbon Fiber Cycle Wheels,as China wholesaler,we offer best price carbon bike wheels in different types,quality guarantee,best carbon wheels. "has been involved in shipping items to North Korea that could be used to support North Korea's advanced weapons program."

To get around the Treasury Department ban, Alex and Gary Tsai tried to hide their involvement in such transactions by conducting business under different company names, including Trans Multi Mechanics, the feds allege.

By August of 2009, the father and son were using Trans Multi Mechanics to buy and export machinery from this country, according to the federal complaints.Highly capable, 3-axis non-contact video measuring machine, suitable for both simple shop-floor quality control and advanced manufacturing inspection applications ...

In September 2009, they bought a "Bryant center hole grinder" from a U.S. company based in suburban Chicago and exported it to Taiwan through Trans Multi Mechanics, according to federal prosecutors. The grinder is used to create a hole with "precisely smooth sides," they said.

Gary Tsai is also accused of forming a machine tool company, Factory Direct Machine Tools in Glenview, to export tools and parts from the United States, despite the federal ban imposed on him.