Chinese intelligence personnel were sentenced to 20 years in the United States for spy

The Chinese government intelligence personnel were sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States for trying to steal trade secrets.

According to the press release issued on Wednesday (November 16) on the official website of the US Department of Justice, the Office of the Federal Prosecutor's Office of the South Federal Prosecutor's Office of Ohio and Russia of the United States Affairs announced that the first Chinese government intelligence personnel Xu Yanjun (42 years old, transliteration) The Federal Court of Cincinni was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

According to court documents, Xu Yanjun recruited employees of American airlines to China on behalf of the Chinese government and asked for business information of their company.The Cincinnati federal jury ruled on November 5, 2021 that all the charges faced by Xu Yanjun were established, including conspiracy to engage in economic spy, theft of trade secrets, trying to engage in economic spy and theft trade secrets.

The press release stated that Xu Yanjun started his career in his career in 2003, and then rose to the level of deputy director of the Ministry of National Security.According to the court documents and the evidence presented in the court, at least from December 2013, Xu Yanjun targeted targets to specific US and overseas specific companies. These companies are all recognized as leaders in the field of aviation technology.

Xu Yanjun used the name, the company, and the names usually deceived US airline employees to travel to China in the name of lectures in Chinese universities, and paid their travel expenses and subsidies.Xu Yanjun cooperated with other personnel of the Ministry of National Security in China to invade or copy the computer in the hotel room while attending the Dinner of the Ministry of National Security.

A employee of the United States General Electric was recruited to a report in China in March 2017, and after two months, he was introduced and was introduced to know Xu Yanjun.Xu Yanjun and other personnel paid travel expenses and subsidies for the employee.

In January 2018, Xu Yanjun asked the "system specifications, design process" information to the above employees.General Electric Airlines cooperated with the Federal Investigation Agency. The employee email two pages of documents from Xu Yanjun from the company, marking a warning to disclose proper information.

In February 2018, Xu Yanjun and the employee began to discuss the possibility of meeting the two when the employee met in Europe and asked the employee to send a copy of a file directory from the computer distributed by the company.Xu Yanjun took the cash and photos of the employee to Belgium on April 1, and was arrested when he was arranged to meet the employee.

The Office of the Federal Prosecutor's Office of the Southern Ohio said that Xu Yanjun was extradited from Belgium to the United States in October 2018 and was the first Chinese government personnel to be extradited to the United States for trial.

Parker, a federal prosecutor of the South -Russian -Russian region, said: "This case has issued a clear information that we will investigate any personnel responsible for the aft of US trade secrets, and Xu Yanjun conspires to steal US technology. Thanks to the FBI, GM ElectricityThe unremitting efforts of aviation and our trial team will spend decades in federal prisons. "

The Federal Investigation Director Christopher Lei said: "This case is the latest example of the Chinese government's continuous attack on US economic security and even national security. The Chinese government requires intelligence personnel to perform spy tasks and stole US trade secrets through American companies to expand to expandHis business and military aviation strength. This darkening action is realistic that the Chinese government will not hesitate to break the business of American companies, and then harm the interests of American employees. As long as the Chinese government continues to violate US law and threaten U.S. companies and institutions, the Federal Investigation Agency will beWork with the global partners to ride the people involved in the law. "