It is alleged that neither Whiteman nor Lu registered the firearm as a short-barreled rifle in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. File photo. Recent News. Whitman and Lu brought in a Chinese investor, who contributed several million dollars to the project. Lu agreed to plead guilty to failing to disclose the Chinese majority owner of FASS while applying for a $6.5 million loan from the Lowell Five in August 2017; a $3.7 million loan from the Small Business Administration via Avidia Bank in September 2017; and a $5.34 million loan along with a $250,000 bridge loan from Avidia Bank in October 2017. Emergency: 9-1-1 Officials noted the SBRs werent properly registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record as mandated by the NFA, and Whitman didnt pay the applicable taxes or fulfill other requirements under law. The two men run Hitman Firearms, a Tyngsborough gun shop located on the New Hampshire, Massachusetts state line. The full 22-page federal indictment can be read or downloaded below, or by clicking here. The NFA requires registration of all NFA firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR).