The sailor, Jinchao "Patrick" Wei, hoped to gain employment with the Chinese government by passing secret US Navy manuals.

Ex-US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei gets over 16 years in prison for spying for China, selling sensitive military manuals and ship ...

It’s the kind of real-life spy story you’d expect from a movie—but this one unfolded on a U.S. Navy ship. Former sailor ...

A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of espionage by a federal jury in August has been sentenced to nearly 16 months in prison ...

Wei told a friend that an “extremely suspicious” individual offered him $500 a day to “walk the pier” to “see which ships are ...

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of California indicted Wei, and another sailor, in August 2023, alleging they ...

I screwed up,”Jinchao Wei wrote in a note to the judge after being convicted of supplying photos and documents to his Chinese ...

A jury convicted Jinchao “Patrick” Wei in August on six counts of conspiracy, espionage and charges related to unlawfully ...

A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an ...

A former U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for espionage after a jury convicted him of selling the ...

Former Navy sailor Jinchao Wei sentenced to 200 months in prison for selling classified military secrets to Chinese ...

A former U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for selling secret military information on ...