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U.S. Indicts 4 for Illegal Tech Exports to India

Via Reuters.

The head of a U.S. electronics supplier and three employees have been indicted for shipping controlled U.S. computer technology with missile applications to India, court documents made available on Monday showed.

Cirrus Electronics founder and chief executive Parthasarathy Sudarshan will appear in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to face charges that include export violations, international arms trafficking and conspiracy, according to the indictment.

Sudarshan and Mythili Gopal, the company's international sales manager, were arrested in South Carolina on March 23, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said.

The pair are accused of shipping to India heat resistant computer chips, capacitors, semiconductors, rectifiers and resistors -- all of which have applications in missile guidance and firing systems -- the indictment said.

posted by Fergie @ 4/02/2007 05:33:00 PM