Chinese, Who Came To US As A Student, Convicted For Aiding Spy Agency
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Last year a key figure in that effort, Xu Yanjun of the Jiangsu state security unit, was convicted in US federal court of economic espionage and attempted theft of trade secrets.
A Chinese man who entered the United States to study electrical engineering was found guilty of secretly providing information on possible recruitment targets to a Chinese espionage unit, the Justice Department said today.
Ji Chaoqun, 31, was convicted Monday of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government and of making false statements after a two-week trial in Chicago.
He faces up to 10 years in prison for the illegal agent charge, which is sometimes referred to as "espionage lite" in cases that might involve spying by people not directly employed by foreign intelligence agencies.
Ji came to the US on a student visa in 2013 and later enlisted in the army reserves.
