Qiang Hu, 47, a sales manager for a Chinese subsidiary of MKS Instruments, was arrested at his hotel in North Andover, Massachusetts and charged with conspiracy to violate U,hogan.S. export laws. He allegedly allowed thousands of pressure measuring sensors, known as pressure transducers, to be exported from the United States to unauthorized users in China, the department said.

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Hu was identified as the sales manager at MKS Instruments Shanghai Ltd, the Shanghai branch of MKS Instruments Inc,moncler sito ufficiale. located in Andover, Massachusetts, which supplies manufacturing equipment.

Hu is accused of co-conspiring with others since 2007 to export pressure transducers from the United States to unauthorized end-users either by using export licenses issued to MKS customers and or through export licenses obtained in the name of a front company,borse louis vuitton.

MKS Instruments said it had been informed by the U,hogan sito ufficiale.S. Attorney's office in Boston that an employee from its Shanghai subsidiary had been arrested and that it was cooperating with U,Moncler Outlet.S,Moncler cappotti. authorities.

The Department of Justice said in its statement that MKS is not a target of the government's investigation,giubbotti Moncler.

(Reporting By Lily Kuo; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)