Feds: LI firm illegally sold Chinese-made surveillance, security equipment to U.S. government

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Thursday charged a Long Island-based company with illegally importing and selling Chinese-made surveillance and security equipment with “known cybersecurity vulnerability” to U.S. government agencies.

Authorities allege Commack-based Aventura Technologies Inc., and seven of its current and former employees, ran the alleged scheme that authorities say dated back to 2006. Aventura has made $88 million in sales since November 2010, according to authorities.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Richard P. Donoghue said the Chinese-manufactured equipment included network surveillance cameras and was imported into the United States through Kennedy Airport in Queens in 1,000 shipments from China since 2010. The company spent millions of dollars for that equipment and was paid tens of millions by the U.S. government. […]

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