Ji Chaoqun was sentenced after being found guilty of trying to recruit people who worked as engineers and scientists for U.S. defense contractors as spies for China.
A Chinese national whohas been sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of spying in a scheme"to obtain access to advanced aerospace and satellite technologies being developed by companies within the U.S.," the Justice Department says.
Ji Chaoqun, 31, was handed the punishment Wednesday after an Illinois jury convicted him last year on numerous counts, including acting as an agent of theThe Justice Department says Ji, who lived in Chicago, provided biographical information on certain U.S.-based individuals to a Chinese intelligence officer in hopes of recruiting them as spies.
"The individuals included Chinese nationals who were working as engineers and scientists in the United States, some of whom worked for U.S. defense contractors," the Justice Department said in a statement."This tasking was part of an effort by the Jiangsu provincial department to obtain access to advanced aerospace and satellite technologies being developed by companies within the U.S.
JUDGE DROPS CASE AGAINST NYPD OFFICER ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR CHINA; PROSECUTORS SAY REASON IS ‘CLASSIFIED’Ji Chaoqun was convicted on one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, specifically the People’s Republic of China, without first notifying the Attorney General; one count of acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China without first notifying the Attorney General; and one count of making a material false statement to the U.S.
Officials said in 2016,"Ji enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves under the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program, which authorized the U.S. Armed Forces to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills are considered vital to the national interest."
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