On Wednesday, the FBI shared a wanted poster for China's national Baoxia “Emily” Li, adding that the State Department is offering up to $15 million for information about her and others who have been accused of smuggling US drone weapons to Iran.
Liu and three other fellow Chinese nationals were charged by President Joe Biden's Justice Department in January 2024 in an alleged years-long conspiracy in which they unlawfully exported and smuggled US export-controlled items through China and Hong Kong to entities affiliate with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), which supervises production of Tehran's missiles, weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Her co-defendant is Lee Yong-King, also known as “Emma Lee.” Yung Yiu Wa, also known as “Stephen Yung.” Also known as Zhong Yanlai, Sydney Chong.
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Baoxia “Emily” Liu is being sought by the FBI due to alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle US-born electronic components to Iran. The US State Department offers rewards of up to $15 million. (FBI | Getty Images)
The State Department, now under President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Justice Remuneration (RFJ) program, managed by the Diplomatic Security Services, is offering rewards of up to $15 million for information that leads to the removal of various branches of various branches, including IRGC-QODS (IRGC-Q), including IRGC-QODS (IRGC-QF).
“The IRGC has funded numerous terrorist attacks and activities around the world through external proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq,” the State Department wrote in a statement. “IRGC partially funds its terrorist activities through the sale of military equipment, including UAVs and drones.”
As early as 2007, Liu and her associates “are said they used a set of front companies in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to send dual-used US origin electronic components to IRGC-related companies that can be used to produce UAVs, ballistic missile systems, and other military sectors,” by establishing and relying on front companies to avoid sanctions and trade controls to procure cutting-edge technology. ”
Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, will speak at a rally commemorating late Hezbollah leaders, Hassan Nasrara and Hashem Safiddin, in downtown Tehran, Iran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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The State Department said Liu and her three co-defendants “misinformed the end users of double-use US origin electronic components, leading US companies to export goods to PRC-based front companies, pretending that the ultimate destination for these products is China rather than Iran.
The veiled Iranian woman will hold a sign featuring portraits of late Lebanon's Hezbollah leaders, Hassan Nasrala and Hashem Safiddin, during a rally at the Imam Komeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran on February 23, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
“As a result, a huge amount of dual-used US origin products with military capabilities have been exported from the United States to IRGC-affiliated companies Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI), Rayan Roshd Afzar and its affiliates in violation of US sanctions and export control laws and regulations,” the department said.
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IRGC and Modafl added, “Using US-controlled technology, we develop and manufacture weapons and weapons systems, including UAVs, sold to governments and groups of allies such as Russia, Sudan and Yemen.”
