中国公民崔广海与英国公民被起诉：被指密谋压制美国异议人士并向中国走私军事技术
2025年5月30日，美国司法部宣布，位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市的联邦大陪审团（加州中区）与威斯康星州密尔沃基的联邦大陪审团（威斯康星州东区）分别起诉两名外国公民：43岁的中国公民崔广海（Cui Guanghai）与63岁的英国公民 John Miller（美国合法永久居民）。洛杉矶的起诉指控两人跨州跟踪及共谋跨州跟踪；密尔沃基的起诉指控两人共谋、走私及违反《武器出口管制法》，发布号25-566。
副司法部长 Todd Blanche 说，据指控，两名被告因一名美国居民行使宪法言论自由权利而将其作为目标，并共谋把敏感的美国军事技术走私给中国政府，「这是对我们国家安全与民主价值的公然攻击」。加州中区联邦检察官 Bill Essayli 说，起诉书指控外国行为体仅仅因为这名受害者批评了中国政府及其国家主席就在美国土地上对其下手。联邦调查局洛杉矶办公室主管助理局长 Akil Davis 说，FBI 不会容忍跨国压制针对在美国就外国领导人发表不同意见的人。
加州中区的指控称，2023年10月起，崔广海与 Miller 招募了两名在美国的人，密谋阻止一名曾公开批评中国政府政策与中国国家主席习近平的洛杉矶居民在2023年11月旧金山亚太经合组织（APEC）峰会期间抗议习近平出席峰会。两人指挥了一连串行动：监视受害者、在其车上安装追踪装置、割破其汽车轮胎，并买下受害者创作的一对描绘习近平及其妻子的艺术雕像加以毁坏。这两名被招募者实际上受联邦调查局（FBI）指挥行事，两名被告并不知情。2025年春，受害者宣布将把两尊新雕像的线上视频公之于众后，两人故技重施，又向另外两人（同样由 FBI 指挥）支付约36,500美元，企图说服受害者放弃展示。
威斯康星州东区的指控称，2023年11月起，Miller 与崔广海向另外两人索购包括导弹、防空雷达、无人机及带加密点火密钥的加密设备在内的美国国防物资，企图非法出口到中国；两人讨论过把加密设备藏进搅拌机、小型电子产品或电机启动器、先运往香港的办法，并通过美国境内的信使与一笔电汇支付了约10,000美元的加密设备定金。
如被定罪，两人面临的最高刑为：共谋罪5年、跨州跟踪罪5年、违反《武器出口管制法》20年、走私罪10年。案件由 FBI 调查，美国正与塞尔维亚当局协调两名被告的引渡（两人此前已在塞尔维亚被捕）。承办方为加州中区联邦检察官助理 David Ryan 与 Amanda B. Elbogen、威斯康星州东区联邦检察官助理 Benjamin Taibleson 及司法部国家安全司出庭律师 Leslie Esbrook 与 Menno Goedman。司法部强调，起诉书只是指控，两名被告在被法庭定罪之前均属无罪推定。（来源：美国司法部）
Chinese and British Nationals Indicted Over Alleged Plot to Silence a U.S. Dissident and Smuggle Military Technology to China
On May 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that federal grand juries in Los Angeles, California (the Central District of California), and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (the Eastern District of Wisconsin), had each returned indictments charging two foreign nationals: Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the United Kingdom, a U.S. lawful permanent resident. The Los Angeles indictment charges interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit interstate stalking; the Milwaukee indictment charges conspiracy, smuggling and violations of the Arms Export Control Act (Press Release No. 25-566).
"As alleged, the defendants targeted a U.S. resident for exercising his constitutional right to free speech and conspired to traffic sensitive American military technology to the Chinese regime," said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, calling it a blatant assault on both national security and democratic values. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said the indictment alleges that Chinese foreign actors targeted a victim in this nation because he criticized the Chinese government and its president. Akil Davis, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, said the FBI will not tolerate transnational repression targeting those in the United States who express dissenting opinions about foreign leaders.
According to the Central District allegations, beginning in October 2023, Cui and Miller enlisted two individuals inside the United States to carry out a plot to prevent a Los Angeles resident — who had previously made public statements opposing the policies of the Chinese government and President Xi Jinping — from protesting President Xi's appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco in November 2023. Cui and Miller directed a scheme to surveil the victim, install a tracking device on his car, slash his tires, and purchase and destroy a pair of artistic statues he had created depicting President Xi and his wife. Unbeknownst to the defendants, the two individuals were affiliated with and acting at the direction of the FBI. A similar scheme followed in the spring of 2025, after the victim announced plans to publish an online video of two new statues; Cui and Miller paid two other individuals, also directed by the FBI, approximately $36,500 to convince the victim to desist from displaying them.
According to the Eastern District of Wisconsin allegations, beginning in November 2023, Miller and Cui solicited the procurement of U.S. defense articles — including missiles, air defense radar, drones and cryptographic devices with associated ignition keys — for unlawful export to China. They discussed concealing a cryptographic device in a blender, small electronics or a motor starter and shipping it first to Hong Kong, and paid approximately $10,000 as a deposit via a courier in the United States and a wire transfer to a U.S. bank account.
If convicted, Cui and Miller face maximum penalties of five years in prison for conspiracy, five years for interstate stalking, 20 years for violating the Arms Export Control Act and 10 years for smuggling. The FBI is investigating the case, and the United States is coordinating with Serbian authorities on the pair's pending extradition from Serbia, where they were arrested. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Ryan and Amanda B. Elbogen for the Central District of California, Benjamin Taibleson for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Trial Attorneys Leslie Esbrook and Menno Goedman of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. The Justice Department stressed that an indictment is merely an allegation and that both defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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