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Navy Sailor Convicted of Selling Secrets to China

8/25/2025

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Jinchao Wei, a U.S. Navy sailor, was convicted on August 20, 2025, for selling Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000.
Wei provided sensitive information about Navy ships from February 2022 until his arrest in August 2023.
He faces sentencing on December 1, 2025, with a potential life sentence.
Another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, received a 27-month prison sentence for espionage.

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Jinchao Wei, a U.S. Navy sailor, was convicted on August 20, 2025, for selling Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000.
Wei provided sensitive information about Navy ships from February 2022 until his arrest in August 2023.
He faces sentencing on December 1, 2025, with a potential life sentence.
Another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, received a 27-month prison sentence for espionage.