LOADING ERROR LOADINGA former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. He was paid more than $12,000 for the information he sold, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Wei was recruited via social media in 2022 by an intelligence officer who portrayed himself as a naval enthusiast working for the state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, prosecutors said. Wei sold the intelligence officer 60 technical and operating manuals, including those for weapons control, aircraft and deck elevators.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2026 13:42 UTC