{"id":134974,"date":"2025-08-21T18:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134974"},"modified":"2025-08-21T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:25:29","slug":"us-navy-sailor-jinchao-wei-convicted-of-spying-for-chinaunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134974","title":{"rendered":"US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei convicted of spying for ChinaUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for US$12,000, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.<br \/>\nJinchao Wei was found guilty by a federal jury in California on Wednesday after a five-day trial, the department said in a statement.<br \/>\nWei, a machinist\u2019s mate on the amphibious assault ship USS Essex, and another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, were arrested in August 2023 and charged with spying for China.<br \/>\nZhao pleaded guilty and was sentenced in January of last&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3322714\/us-navy-sailor-jinchao-wei-convicted-spying-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for US$12,000, the US Justice Department&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}