A US Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for selling military secrets to China for $12,000, the Justice Department ...

The machinist’s mate on the amphibious assault ship USS Essex was accused of selling military secrets for US$12,000.

A US Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after a jury found him guilty of selling sensitive information to a ...

A Navy sailor faces life in prison for espionage after a San Diego, Calif., jury found him guilty Wednesday of selling ...

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao ...

A United States Navy sailor based in California, Jinchao Wei, has been convicted of espionage after passing sensitive ...

Officials said Wenheng Zhao, 26, took just under $15,000 in 14 separate payments from China. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in October.

Wenheng Zhao collected nearly $15,000 in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for information, photos and videos, prosecutors said.

Wenheng Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty in a federal court in California to charges of conspiring with a foreign intelligence officer and accepting a bribe Tuesday.

Zhao, of Monterey Park, California, faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. He has been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 3.

Artist's rendering of Wenheng Zhao. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a federal judge in Los Angeles.

Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a federal judge in Los Angeles.