Cody Sun biography: 16 things about Rancho Santa Fe, California man

Who is Cody Sun?

Hang “Cody” Sun is a Chinese man who is a legal permanent resident of the United States. He is originally from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Originally from, Sun attended the Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China. In 1997, the institute was renamed Yanshan University.

A resident of Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA., Sun operated Quadrant Magnetics in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Here are 16 more things about him:

1. He was born in 1974.
2. From 1989 to 1992, he attended Shimen County No.1 Middle School in Shimen County, Changde, Hunan, China.
3. From 1992 to 1996, he attended Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute where he earned his bachelor’s degree in thermal processing technology.
4. In 1999, he founded Hangzhou Zhijian Holding Group Co., Ltd. in Yuhang, Hangzhou.
5. From January 2012 and December 2018, he conspired to send around 70 drawings containing export-controlled technical data to a company located in China without a license from the U.S. government.
6. He operated X-Mag, which produced magnets for Quadrant Magnetics, which he purchased by, on or around January 1, 2014.
7. In 2015, he obtained legal permanent residency in the U.S.
8. By, on or around January 1, 2016, he purchased Quadrant Solutions, which registered with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs’ Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) in 2012.
9. From December 2016 to April 2018, he was copied on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)-controlled technical data Phil Pascoe emailed to an employee of his Chinese company and on the shipping updates the employee emailed to Phil Pascoe and Monica Pascoe.
10. Between August 2017 and November 2018, he executed and attempted to execute a scheme to defraud a U.S. company and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) by concealing and misrepresenting, the country of origin of the manufacture, smelting, and magnetization of magnets produced for the company and the DOD in violation of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
11. On August 18, 2017, a Quadrant Magnetics employee sent him email messages that provided information about releasing ITAR technical data outside the U.S. and DFARS country of origin requirements between Quadrant Magnetics and its customer, which is a U.S. company.
12. On August 20, 2017, he forwarded to the Quadrant Magnetics chief financial officer the email messages he received from another employee on August 18, 2017.
13. On August 24, 2017, a Quadrant Magnetics employee emailed him, Phil and Scott Tubbs documents that contained a government-industry data exchange program (GIDEP) problem advisory falsely claiming that their company magnetized their magnets in Louisville before shipping them to a U.S. company while in truth, the magnets were smelted and magnetized in China by a Chinese company he owned and operated.
14. In October 2018, he promoted Phil to president of Quadrant Magnetics.
15. On August 3, 2024, he participated in a basketball game in the basketball hall of Hangzhou Zhijian Holding Group Co., Ltd. in Yuhang.
16. On December 5, 2024, he was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, smuggling and a violation of the Arms Export Control Act.