Holographic Weapons Sights and Firearms Parts to China and Japan

On August 3, 2011, Andrew Vincent ODonnell, of Georgia, was sentenced in the Northern District of Georgia to 37 months in prison, three years supervised release and ordered to pay a fine of $2500 for his roll in a conspiracy to violate and violating the Arms Export Control Act and possessing short barrel rifles. ODonnell pleaded guilty on February 25, 2011. ODonnell operated an eBay online store called “LRA Tactical Gear” through which he sold various weapons parts and accessories, including military holographic weapons sights and gun parts. ODonnell sold more than 50 export-controlled military holographic weapons sights to a customer in Hong Kong without the required export license, falsely labeling the shipments as toys. He also sold gun parts used to assemble an AR15 / M16 / M4 rifle to a customer in Japan after routing the parts through a third country to conceal the illegal nature of the exports. Co-defendant Ho Yueng Barry Tang remains a fugitive. This investigation was conducted by ICE.