(Providence, RI)--Charges are being brought in federal court in Rhode Island against a company accused of scheming to illegally export products to China.The U.S. Justice Department says Broad Tech System Inc., based in Ontario, California, its president and an employee conspired to order two chemicals essential in the chip-manufacturing process from a Rhode Island-based manufacturer, then provided false information to get the products shipped.The alleged intended recipient, NEDI Tech, is on a U.S. government list of businesses prohibited from receiving U.S.-manufactured products because it's believed they're being procured for unauthorized military use.
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