Glenview Man Pleads Guilty in North Korea Weapons Case

A Glenview man will serve no more than five years in prison after agreeing to a plea deal following accusations he and his Taiwanese father attempted to evade a United States ban on selling weapon-making equipment to North Korea.

Gary Tsai, 27, was arrested on May 1 and accused of exporting machinery with his father, Alex Tsai, that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that on Tuesday he agreed to a plea deal under which he would admit to lying on shipping documents about who would receive an industrial grinder he was selling.

A sentencing hearing is planned for March, but as part of the plea, the sentence will be capped at five years.

His father also pleaded guilty in October, agreeing to testify against his son if he insisted on going to trial. He also faces a maximum of five years.

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