A man in California has been arrested for allegedly sending weapons and ammunition to North Korea from the U.S., prosecutors announced Tuesday. The big picture: Shenghua Wen, a Chinese national living unlawfully in Ontario,

A California man who allegedly confessed to helping the North Korean regime prepare for an attack on South Korea was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday in what federal investigators described as a “sophisticated scheme” to illegally obtain restricted weapons and military grade technology.

A Chinese national living in California has been arrested and charged with illegally sending weapons and ammunition from the US to North Korea, the justice department has said. Shenghua Wen is alleged to have "successfully" exported at least two shipments of weapons,

Shenghua Wen, 41, and his co-conspirators exported at least two shipments of firearms and ammunition to North Korea last year by concealing the items inside shipping containers.

A man concealed items inside shipping containers in Long Beach that were bound for North Korea, federal authorities say.