(Washington Comprehensive) (Washington Comprehensive News) was extradited to the United States in the United StatesGuoan officials who have been tried were convicted of the establishment of commercial secrets of many American aerospace companies on Friday (5th).
Comprehensive VOA, Reuters, and Agence France -Presse reported that the US government said that Chinese officials involved in the case were Xu Yanjun (transliteration) of the deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Security (transliteration). He was ruled by the Federal Court of Ohio.In an attempt to engage in the crimes of economic espionage, and the establishment of three crimes related to the stolen commercial secrets, it can face up to 60 years of imprisonment and a fine of more than 5 million US dollars (S $ 6.75 million).The sentence date has not been determined.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement on the official website that court documents and evidence showed that Xu Yanjun has focused on companies led by the United States and other countries in the field of aviation since 2013EssenceHe used multiple pseudonym to invite experts from these companies to travel to China in the name of participating in college lectures, and said that he would pay his travel expenses.
An allegations faced by Xu Yanjun are the development technology of stealing the composite aircraft engine fan of General Electric Airlines for the Chinese government.This is a technology that other companies in the world have never copied.
A General Electric and Aviation employee was invited to report to a university in China in 2017 and met Xu Yanjun.Xu Yanjun requested the system specifications and design process information from the other party in early 2018.At that time, General Electric and Aviation cooperated with the Federal Investigation Bureau, and the employee sent some documents under the company's cooperation.Xu Yanjun was arrested while meeting with each other in Belgium in April of the same year, and was extradited to the United States in October of the same year.At the time, China pointed out that the allegations were "out of nothing."
It is reported that this is the first time that Chinese officials have been extradited to the United States for crimes.Xu Yanjun's defense lawyer said he was not a spy, and the case involved a legal industry exchange.