Friday, January 27, 2023

U.S._ Army reservist who spied for China sentenced to 8 years

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Army reservist who spied for China sentenced to 8 years


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By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Friday, January 27, 2023


A judge in Illinois this week handed down an eight-year prison sentence to a Chinese citizen for spying on behalf of the People’s Republic of China.

Last year, a jury convicted Ji Chaoqun, 31, of acting as an agent of China without notifying the U.S. government and making false statements to the U.S. Army. He was sentenced on Wednesday, the Department of Justice said.

Working on behalf of China’s Ministry for State Security, Ji was told to provide information about engineers and scientists in the U.S., some of whom worked for defense contractors. It was part of an effort to obtain access to advanced aerospace and satellite technologies being developed by U.S. companies, federal prosecutors said.

A Chinese intelligence official that he worked for, identified by the Department of Justice as Xu Yangun, was sentenced last year to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted by a federal court in Ohio of conspiracy and attempting to commit economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.

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