Department of Justice
- US officials say they arrested a Japanese crime boss trying to sell nuclear fuel.
- Court docs described a secret plan to fool him into delivering uranium and plutonium to the DEA.
- The documents said Takeshi Ebisawa thought the fuel would go to an Iranian nuclear-weapons program.
US agents say they tricked a Japanese crime lord into handing over nuclear fuel to them in an audacious sting operation.
The claim was made in court documents unsealed Wednesday, describing the effort to catch Takeshi Ebisawa.