Attorney: FBI conned engineer in nuclear espionage case into talking without a lawyer

Szuhsiung "Allen" Ho is charged with buying information for one of China's top nuclear power companies. (Knox County Sheriff's Office)
Szuhsiung "Allen" Ho is charged with buying information for one of China's top nuclear power companies. (Knox County Sheriff's Office)

An engineer charged in the nation's first nuclear espionage conspiracy case involving China is accusing the FBI of trampling on his rights.

Szuhsiung "Allen" Ho is accusing the FBI of tricking him into making potentially incriminating statements after he invoked his right to speak to an attorney following his arrest in April at a hotel in Atlanta.

Ho is charged in U.S. District Court in Knoxville with procuring American nuclear know-how for the Chinese government.

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