The FBI on Wednesday shared a wanted poster for Chinese national Baoxia “Emily” Liu, adding that the State Department is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information on her and others accused of smuggling U.S. drone weapons to Iran.
Liu and three other fellow Chinese nationals were charged by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department in January 2024 in an alleged years-long conspiracy in which they unlawfully exported and smuggled U.S. export-controlled items through China and Hong Kong to entities affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), which supervises production of Tehran’s missiles, weapons, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Her co-defendants are Li Yongxin, also known as “Emma Lee;” Yung Yiu Wa, also known as “Stephen Yung;” and Zhong Yanlai, also known as Sydney Chung.
The Department of State, now under President Donald Trump, said on Wednesday its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $15 million “for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms” of the IRGC and its various branches, including the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), which are designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).