Court filing: Taiwan man accused in North Korea weapons export case to change plea to guilty
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Taiwanese man accused of trying to bypass bans on supplying weapons machinery to North Korea is expected to change his plea to guilty.
A court document says Hsien Tai Tsai (SEHN' SUHN' SEYE') will attend a change-of-plea hearing Thursday in federal court in Chicago.
The 68-year-old man has been charged with conspiring to thwart laws on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It's unclear what counts Tsai will plead guilty to.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was arrested while visiting Estonia. The Baltic Sea-coast nation worked with the U.S. to capture him, then jailed him for five months. Estonia extradited Tsai a year ago.
Tsai's son was arrested in the Chicago area last year on similar charges.
Defense attorney Steven Shobat didn't immediately respond to a message left Wednesday seeking comment.