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

A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for $12,000, the Justice Department said Thursday.Wei went to trial and was convicted of conspiracy to commit ...

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

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

A United States Navy sailor based in California, Jinchao Wei, has been convicted of espionage after passing sensitive ...

The punishment against Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, aka Thomas Zhao, a 26-year-old from Monterey Park, California, was issued Monday following his October 2023 guilty plea to one count of ...

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.

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao ...

Wenheng Zhao, based at Naval Base Ventura County, collected nearly $15,000 in bribes in 14 different payments from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for information, photos and videos of ...

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.

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

Artist's rendering of Wenheng Zhao. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a federal judge in Los Angeles.