美國懸賞500萬美元緝拿一中國商人
The US has offered a $5m bounty and filed new charges against a Chinese businessman it has accused of trying to sell ballistic missile technology to Iran, allegedly using shell companies to hide millions of dollars in transactions.
美國懸賞500萬美元緝拿中國商人李方偉（音譯），並對其提出新的指控。此前美國曾指控他涉嫌向伊朗出售彈道導彈技術，稱其利用空殼公司隱藏數百萬美元的交易。Li Fangwei and his LIMMT Economic and Trade Company have been on the US sanctions list since 2009 and 2006, respectively, for alleged business dealings with Iran.
李方偉和他的LIMMT經貿公司(LIMMT Economic and Trade Company)分別在2006年和2009年兩次登上美國製裁名單，理由是涉嫌與伊朗進行商業交易。The US attorney’s office in Manhattan announced new charges yesterday against Mr Li accusing him since the 2006 designation, which prohibited him from doing business with US companies, of using a “web” of shell companies to disguise 165 separate transactions totalling $8.5m.
美國曼哈頓檢察官辦公室昨日宣佈了李方偉的新罪名，指控其自2006年被禁止與美國公司做生意以後，利用一個空殼公司“網絡”來掩蓋165筆獨立交易，總價達850萬美元。
“Previously having been exposed as a violator of those sanctions, Li spun a web of front companies to carry out prohibited transactions essentially in now stands charged with serious crimes, and millions of his dollars have been seized,” said Preet Bharara, the US attorney for Manhattan.
美國曼哈頓檢察官普里特•巴拉拉(Preet Bharara，見上圖)說：“李方偉此前已被曝違反這些制裁，他編織了一張幌子公司網絡，本質上是用來掩蓋、從事被禁止的交易。他現在被控以重罪，他的數百萬美元資產也已被查封。”US prosecutors said they had seized $6.8m belonging to the alleged front companies held in correspondent bank accounts at US institutions. They are seeking forfeiture of funds held in Chinese bank accounts. The US banks were not accused of any wrongdoing.
美國檢察官表示他們已查封涉案幌子公司在美國金融機構開設的往來銀行賬戶上的680萬美元。他們正尋求沒收這些公司在中國的銀行賬戶裏的資金。相關美國銀行沒有受到任何違法行爲指控。Mr Li, who is also known as Karl Lee, was charged by New York City prosecutors in 2009 with violating US sanctions. He remains a fugitive.
李方偉——又名卡爾•李(Karl Lee)——在2009年被紐約市檢察官指控違反美國製裁。他仍然在逃。The new charges are part of a concerted drive by the Obama administration to go after Mr Li’s business operations.
此次新指控是奧巴馬政府追查李方偉經營活動的一項聯合行動的一部分。The state department issued a $5m reward for information leading to his arrest, while the treasury department placed sanctions on eight Chinese companies it accused of acting as his fronts.
美國國務院懸賞500萬美元，以求能夠將之抓捕的線索，美國財政部也對8家被其控爲李方偉幌子公司的中國公司實施制裁。
