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Two Navy sailors convicted of selling ship secrets to China, exposing vulnerabilities aboard USS Essex and US operations.
Wei is hardly the only active-duty US military servicemember to be charged with spying for China.
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 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 ...
A Navy sailor faces life in prison for espionage after a San Diego, Calif., jury found him guilty Wednesday of selling secrets to China. Jinchao Wei, 25, a sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego, ...
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.
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 ...
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.