A Chinese national living illegally in the U.S. pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to export firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea, according to the Justice Department.

According to a department press release, Shenghua Wen, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.

The resident of Ontario, California received approximately $2 million from DPRK officials to procure weapons for the Kim Jong Un regime until his arrest in Dec. 2024, the press release stated.