JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Chinese man has been sentenced to three years and six months in U.S. federal prison for a scheme to buy and ship inflatable military boats from the U.S. to China.
Court records show 51-year-old Ge Songtao was sentenced Friday in federal court in Jacksonville.
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He pleaded guilty to two counts last November. A plea agreement says one of his employees attempted to order seven combat rubber raiding craft equipped with multifuel engines.
Authorities say he was planning to reverse-engineer the engines and supply his own version to the Chinese military.
Two others have previously pleaded guilty in the scheme.