黄振春，1963年出生在江苏镇江市扬中的一个农家。他1980年考取南京大学物理系，1984年获学士学位，1987年获半导体专业硕士学位，继而被分配到北京国家教委科技管理中心工作。
1996年，他终于等到了机会。他获得了中国国家自然科学基金会杰出青年科学家基金，并被聘任为南京大学物理系教授，与南京大学开展长期的产学研合作。此时，在他的心里，已经埋下了随时准备回国创业的种子。
黄振春笑着打开了话匣。“如果将我们的企业建在北京中关村、上海浦东新区或其他全国熟知的开发区，我们只能成为众多‘海龟’企业中的一个分母，分享一些政策待遇。但我们如果将正在蓬勃发展的中小城市作为孵化器，那么就将对本土高新技术的发展起到良好的示范作用，对当地几大产业的培育和发展起到有力的推动作用。虽然镇江的硬件环境目前还达不到一流，但该市领导却为我们提供了国内一流的‘软件’环境，他们对新生的奥镭光电，不仅提供最优惠的政策，而且时时进行细致入微、可操作性极强的引导。”
正如黄振春所言，选择成为冷门孵化器中的“黑马”使奥雷从一诞生就享受到一份特殊的关爱。从国家领导人到中国驻美大使馆，从科技部到中科院以及江苏省、南京市、镇江市，都为奥镭闯海送上一程。镇江市侨联的领导对黄振春更是关怀备至。听说黄振春是位专业级的乒乓球爱好者，他们还专门为他在这个全国重点乒乓球城市请了一位高级教练。
令黄振春博士倍加振奋的是，2005年9月1日，国家科技部部长徐冠华在北京接见他，表示将把奥雷光电列入国家重点发展企业的范围。这使黄振春心中产生了酬壮志指期可待的激荡。他表示，奥雷光电将在高起点上进行LED外延材料和芯片的量产，站到LED领域国际前沿。
使黄振春博士底气更足的是，在光器件领域里，今天的奥雷光电能够做到一个星期出一个拥有自主知识产权和技术专利的新产品。根据“光纤在线”网站
2005年客户调查评比，奥雷光电已经进入光器件供应商世界前十名的位置。随着公司股份结构调整，通过海外融资，奥雷光电将在今年2亿元产值规模的基础上，实现突飞猛进，把产业做大、做强，谱写响彻环宇的“中国创造”光电之歌。
GREENBELT, MD—Zhenchun Huang, a/k/a Ted Huang, age 51, a Chinese national and
naturalized U.S. citizen, formerly residing in Clarksville, Maryland, pleaded
guilty today to false personation of a federal employee and obstruction of
justice, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain technology products
from U.S. companies for export to China.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of
Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI); and Rick Shimon, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Industry and Security Office of Export Enforcement.
According to his plea agreement, Huang worked as a contract scientist at the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt from February 1995 to June 2001. Thereafter, he consulted on
a limited basis until October 2003 to provide as-needed assistance on a specific
Goddard project.
In April 2001, Huang incorporated Allray in Maryland for the stated purpose
of forming joint ventures with Chinese governmental and private entities to
research, develop and distribute telecommunication and information technology
products. Though Allray’s principal place of business was listed as Huang’s
place of residence, its entire base of operations was located in China.
During the latter part of 2003 and into early 2004, in an effort to obtain
technological components for use by Allray, Huang falsely represented to three
U.S. companies that he was employed by NASA and was working on a joint project
between NASA and Allray. No such joint project existed. The components which
Huang sought included cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) and mercury cadmium telluride
(MCT) wafers, considered dual-use technology subject to U.S. export controls.
These products were unrelated to Huang’s former work at NASA.
In order to make it appear as though NASA was involved in procuring these
products, Huang directed that purchased items be shipped to an associate
employed at Goddard; used a Goddard e-mail account to communicate with the
companies and subsequently redirect e-mails to his personal e-mail account;
faxed (or had faxed) a purchase order from a number associated with Goddard; and
presented his former business card to companies that identified him as a
contract employee of NASA/Goddard.
In late October 2003, as a result of his false representations, Huang
obtained five CZT wafers from Company 1 and four silicon wafers from Company 2.
Huang directed his associate working at Goddard to ship two of the CZT wafers to
Company 2 so it could apply a specific growth process to add a layer of MCT to
the wafers. Huang also directed his associate to buy 10 additional CZT wafers
for $10,620 from Company 3. Thereafter, the associate mailed to Company 2, from
the Goddard shipping facility and at government expense, two of the CZT wafers
Huang had purchased from Company 1. The associate also sent an e-mail from his
Goddard e-mail account to Company 3 falsely stating that NASA would be
purchasing, through Allray, the 10 CZT wafers sought by Huang.
Company 3 subsequently determined that Allray was a Chinese company headed by
Huang, and that the shipping/billing address provided for the purchase was a
residential address. Accordingly, Company 3 did not sell the CZT wafers, and the
MCT wafers were never manufactured. If successful, the MCT growth process
requested by Huang would have fabricated a type of infrared detector suitable
for military applications, such as night vision and missile detection, that
would have been controlled for export to China. The 10 CZT wafers sought from
Company 3 were similarly controlled for export.
In October 2003, Huang bought optoelectronic epoxy from Company 4. Huang
directed that the item be shipped to NASA/Goddard, thereby suggesting that the
purchase was related to government business. However, Huang provided his
residential address for the shipment. Between February and April 2004, Huang
tasked his associate with finding an optical filter that could be used in
ultraviolet applications. The associate used his Goddard e-mail account to
contact Company 5 to obtain a price quote, which he then forwarded to Huang, but
the filter was never purchased.
In the fall of 2005, Huang entered into an agreement with company X, which
was co-founded by his associate, to build a prototype ultraviolet
non-line-of-sight communications system for Allray. From December 2005 to April
2006 and in connection with its agreement with Huang, company X purchased 34
ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV/LEDs) from Company 6, at a total cost of
$3,556. The technical specifications of the purchased UV/LEDs, and the manner in
which they were to be used, suggested an application more consistent with a
covert communications device. Huang had initially contacted Company 6 in October
2005, following an e-mail introduction by his associate, to offer Allray’s
services in packaging the company’s UV/LEDs. Huang indicated that Allray was
located in China, but falsely stated that Allray’s customers were mainly in the
United States. Company 6 did not respond to Huang’s offer. Huang’s associate,
who had dealings with Company 6 in his capacity as a NASA employee, never
advised Company 6 of his association with company X. In early May 2006, the
associate demonstrated to Huang a prototype of the device being built for
Allray. At that time, Huang was given two of the diodes obtained from Company
6.
On May 8, 2006, U.S. Customs officials at O’Hare International Airport in
Chicago inspected Huang and his luggage just prior to his outbound flight to
China. Two of the UV/LEDs purchased from Company 6 were found in Huang’s
luggage. Huang made false statements regarding who had given him the diodes,
what they were worth, what company had manufactured them, and how they would be
used in China. He also provided false information regarding the technical
specifications of the diodes.
Huang subsequently directed his wife not speak to, or ask, anyone about what
had happened at the airport; to say she did not know anything if questioned; to
throw away the box that had originally contained the UV/LEDS found in his
luggage; and to clean out their residence. In response, his wife threw away the
UV/LED box and certain Allray documents in their home. She deleted all
Allray-related files from their home computer, though she saved certain Allray
files on a thumb drive. The government recovered some of the documents,
including identifying and financial information for Allray’s investors in the
United States, Allray’s IPO plan, a 2006 PowerPoint presentation charting
Allray’s accomplishments in China, and an article on a short-range,
non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication device.
Following the commencement of the government’s investigation of the scheme,
Huang absconded to China and was a fugitive until his arrest in London in
December, 2013. Feng Yan, age 46, formerly of Ellicott City, Maryland, was also
charged by indictment for his alleged participation in the scheme and is
currently a fugitive.
Huang and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea
agreement, Huang will be sentenced to 15 months in prison. U.S. District Judge
Roger W. Titus scheduled sentencing for October 20, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI, HSI Baltimore and
Department of Commerce for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein
thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Manuelian, who is prosecuting the
case.
