Former MGS advisor busted for weapon smuggling

Posted Jul 19, 2008 at 4:54PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Jack Tretton, Japan, Seattle

Federal authorities busted Capt. Tomoaki Iishiba of the United States Army for attempting to ship 60 pieces of sophisticated holographic night vision gunsights to accomplices in Japan. He did this without a license to export and now faces conspiring to smuggle charges.

Iishiba was one of the original Metal Gear Solid's technical advisor who made sure that the game's military references were accurate. He came to the US in 1993 to join his regiment. He also used to be a knife endorser.

The gunsights which he attempted to ship illegally to Japan were planned to go for sale in a website. The gunsights were listed at US$ 339 each.

An excerpt of the report on Iishba's offense reads:

In a two-paragraph charging document filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, prosecutors wrote that Tomoaki Iishiba bought 60 of the EoTech 553... then mailed them to coconspirators in Japan without obtaining an export license. The companyÂ’s Web site lists the sights at $639 apiece...

Prior to the incident, Iishiba was serving as an intelligence officer in Fort Lewis, Washington. He's a veteran of Afghanistan and has also written a book in Japanese about his experiences in combat duty.

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I am a former U.S. Army soldier and I know the seriousnous of this issue. I remember when I was in the service, one day, someone misplace a simple laser mounted sight for the M4 and the entire company (consist of more than 150 soliders) were forced to stay on post until it was found, and we stayed until 11pm that day until it finally showed up out of no where. If they didn't find the equipment, the issue will have to report all the way up to the division commander which is a 2 star General and the whole entire post would be grounded and no will go in or out of the post, thats like the entire city. But this incident is pretty serious for Capt. Tomoaki, because first of all he was an officer and that could lead to charges that will ruin his life if he didnt win in military court and let me tell you, military court aint nothing like a civilian court, much stricter. I just pray that he'll be off the hook soon.

# Capt. Tomoaki Iishiba... — thefinalhero 2008-07-20 04:23

More like Drebin #639!

# wow — dominicanito 2008-07-20 17:00

if you are right he is in trouble

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