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Federal prosecutors say military, national security data from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sold to buyers linked to People’s Republic of China Three current and former U.S. Army soldiers in Oregon and Washington face federal charges they sold top-secret national security information to buyers based in China.
Sgt. Jian Zhao, a battery supply officer, and 1st Lt. Li Tian, a health services administrator, were serving as active duty U.S. Army soldiers at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Ruoyu Duan is a former U.S. Army soldier living in Hillsboro. All three were arrested Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Zhao, who was charged by a federal grand jury in Tacoma, faces charges he conspired to obtain and transmit information “relating to the national defense of the United States to individuals not entitled to receive it.”
Ultimately, Zhao sold 20 classified hard drives and other government property to people operating on behalf of China, according to federal prosecutors. He was paid at least $15,000. He also faces charges for theft of government property and bribery of a public official.
Duan and Tian were charged by a federal grand jury in Oregon with theft of government property and conspiring to bribe a public official. The Oregon indictment also identifies a “Conspirator 1,” as a “battery supply sergeant” stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. . .
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>Federal prosecutors say military, national security data from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sold to buyers linked to People’s Republic of China
Three current and former U.S. Army soldiers in Oregon and Washington face federal charges they sold top-secret national security information to buyers based in China.
>Sgt. Jian Zhao, a battery supply officer, and 1st Lt. Li Tian, a health services administrator, were serving as active duty U.S. Army soldiers at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Ruoyu Duan is a former U.S. Army soldier living in Hillsboro. All three were arrested Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
>Zhao, who was charged by a federal grand jury in Tacoma, faces charges he conspired to obtain and transmit information “relating to the national defense of the United States to individuals not entitled to receive it.”
>Ultimately, Zhao sold 20 classified hard drives and other government property to people operating on behalf of China, according to federal prosecutors. He was paid at least $15,000. He also faces charges for theft of government property and bribery of a public official.
>Duan and Tian were charged by a federal grand jury in Oregon with theft of government property and conspiring to bribe a public official. The Oregon indictment also identifies a “Conspirator 1,” as a “battery supply sergeant” stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
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