Episode 3: Untraceable - Dingwei Chen
カートのアイテムが多すぎます
カートに追加できませんでした。
ウィッシュリストに追加できませんでした。
ほしい物リストの削除に失敗しました。
ポッドキャストのフォローに失敗しました
ポッドキャストのフォロー解除に失敗しました
Episode 3: Untraceable - Dingwei Chen
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Dingwei Chen, a twenty-nine-year-old Chinese national, set out to buy ten military-grade satellite modems that U.S. law forbids sending to China. His network wired about $42,000 to a Swiss firm's American subsidiary, talked about shipping through Switzerland, Saipan and Mexico, and praised cold-wallet crypto as "private and untraceable." Then the deal was handed to a new contact: an HSI undercover agent working out of Utah.
Built from the federal criminal complaint, this episode follows Chen in his own words: "Yeah, we know, we know" when told the deal was illegal, a wish list that included B-1B bomber countermeasures, and his worry that the seller might be FBI or CIA. We explain how export controls actually work (the Arms Export Control Act, ITAR and the U.S. Munitions List), why roughly $32,000 in crypto went straight into a government wallet, and how a travel booking confirmed who was getting on the plane to Saipan.
Chen pleaded guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act on August 10, 2026. Sentencing is set for October 19, 2026; the statutory maximum is twenty years. Sourced from court filings, DOJ releases, and public reporting. Narrated using AI-generated voices.