It was also nearly two years ago that Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, aka Thomas Zhao, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and ...

Two Navy sailors convicted of selling ship secrets to China, exposing vulnerabilities aboard USS Essex and US operations.

A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for $12,000, the Justice Department ...

The machinist’s mate on the amphibious assault ship USS Essex was accused of selling military secrets for US$12,000.

A Navy sailor faces life in prison for espionage after a San Diego, Calif., jury found him guilty Wednesday of selling ...

A San Diego-based U.S. Navy sailor accused of selling military secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer was convicted ...

A US Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after a jury found him guilty of selling sensitive information to a ...

Jinchao Wei allegedly was paid to send secrets, including photos and videos of the USS Essex, as well as documents concerning ...

Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, of Monterey Park, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with the intelligence officer and one count of receiving a bribe, both felonies, according to ...

Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and receiving a bribe in violation of his official duties. A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced him ...

Officials said Wenheng Zhao, 26, took just under $15,000 in 14 separate payments from China. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in October.

Zhao, of Monterey Park, California, faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. He has been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 3.