{"id":1995956,"date":"2023-08-09T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-sailor-accused-of-espionage-urged-him-to-work-for-china\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:16:11","slug":"mother-of-sailor-accused-of-espionage-urged-him-to-work-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-sailor-accused-of-espionage-urged-him-to-work-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor&#8217;s mom encouraged him to spy for China."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-of-sailor-accused-of-espionage-urged-him-to-work-for-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Spencer Weiner-Pool\/Getty \u200dImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>5:11 PM \u2013 Wednesday, August 9, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The mother of one of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/us-navy-sailors-arrested-on-espionage-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navy sailors<\/a> that has been charged with providing \u2062sensitive information to the Chinese had urged him to work with the Chinese intelligence \u2063officer, the\u2062 prosecution said in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred\u2063 Sheppard leveled the accusation against\u200c Jinchao Wei during the hearing on Tuesday in federal court in \u200dSan Diego.\u2063 Sheppard\u2063 also urged the judge \u2064not\u200c to release the suspect, although he did\u200c not name the \u200cmother in court.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US Navy sailor encouraged by \u2062mother to sell secrets to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> for\u2063 possible job opportunities: attorney<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Navy sailor charged with sharing\u2063 secrets with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chinese?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chinese<\/a> Communist Party (CCP) was \u2064encouraged by his mother, an assistant U.S. attorney says. <\/p>\n<p>Jinchao Wei,\u200d 22, is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zJJUIhhYFe\">pic.twitter.com\/zJJUIhhYFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pranjal Mishra \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@Pranjal_Writes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pranjal_Writes\/status\/1689345049396654080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u200d 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wei is one of\u200c the sailors based out of California that are accused \u2062of providing sensitive information to China which\u2064 included details on wartime exercises, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-to-rename-confederate-base-names-moves-forward\/\" title=\"Plan To Rename Confederate Base Names Moves Forward\">naval operations<\/a> and critical technical\u200d material. The two sailors were \u2063arrested\u2063 last week, \u200calthough\u200c prosecutors have not confirmed whether the two\u2064 had worked with the same Chinese officer.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said that Wei had provided China \u200cspecific\u2064 information regarding military hardware \u200band movements.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWei provided \u2062China with photographs of military hardware, including guns, vehicles\u2064 and planes,\u201d Grossman said. \u201cHe delivered information about U.S. Marines involved in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-sailor-accused-of-espionage-urged-him-to-work-for-china\/\" title=\"Sailor's mom encouraged him to spy for China.\">upcoming international maritime warfare exercise<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wei, who is 22-years-old, was\u2064 charged by the Justice \u200dDepartment\u200c under an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligence.gov\/evolution-of-espionage\/world-war-1\/america-declares-war\/espionage-act#:~:text=The%20Espionage%20Act%20broadly%20sought,with%20the%20intention%20of%20passing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Espionage Act<\/a> \u200cstatute which makes it a crime to deliver \u200cinformation to aid\u200b a foreign government. Prosecutors said that \u2064Wei was\u2064 first\u2063 approached by the Chinese officer in 2022 while he applying to \u200cbecome a naturalized\u200c U.S.\u2062 citizen.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, when arguing against the release of Wei, Sheppard said that the sailor who \u2064was originally born\u200d in China, went home to Wisconsin for Christmas to visit his mother. He said that \u200bthe mother of\u200d the sailor knew of her son\u2019s arrangement and\u200c had encouraged him to\u200d keep aiding the Chinese \u200dofficer.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u2064 that the \u200creason she had\u2062 urged him to continue was because it might\u2063 help \u2063gain\u200c a job with China\u2019s Communist party after he leaves the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Sheppard \u200bwent on to say that\u200d the Chinese officer had told\u200b Wei \u200cthat the Chinese government would fly\u200d him and his mother \u200bto China in order to meet \u200bin person. The 22-year-old sailor had then searched for flights to China for the spring.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bprosecutor also said that the Chinese \u2064officer told\u2062 Wei to buy \u200ba \u2063phone\u2064 and a computer in order to\u2062 pass on information easier, and that\u200c he would\u2062 be reimbursed if he provided the receipt.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment against Wei includes around \u206250 manuals which\u2064 contain technical and mechanical data regarding \u200dU.S. Navy ships as well as details regarding an upcoming Marine exercise. The prosecution said that Wei\u2019s\u2064 actions had put thousands of sailors and \u2062marines at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Wei is said to have made anywhere\u2063 between $10,000 and $15,000 in the\u2062 past year\u2064 from\u2062 his arrangement with the Chinese officer.<\/p>\n<p>The judge \u200bruled to keep Wei in federal custody without bond. If convicted, Wei could face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The other sailor accused of espionage was 26-year-old\u2064 Wenheng Zhao, who was based\u2063 out of Naval Base Ventura County. he is accused\u2063 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">providing information<\/a>, photos, and videos that involved \u2063Navy exercises, operations and \u200cfacilities\u200b between August 2021 \u2064and May of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The information that he had provided included the location and timing \u2064of naval\u2064 force\u2062 movements as part of a future \u2062large-scale U.S. military\u2064 exercise \u200din the Indo-Pacific region.  <\/p>\n<p>In return Zhao had received almost $15,000 in bribes.\u2062 Similarly, if Zhao is convicted, he could also face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Both sailors have pled not\u2063 guilty to the\u200d charges.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200bReceive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for\u200d free. 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The first rally since his\u200d third indictment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden continues his Climate Agenda Tour in\u200c the western part of\u2063 the country, now stopping in New Mexico. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s\u2062 Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it plans\u200c to launch\u200c more electric vehicles\u200b under the \u2064Hyundai and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German\u2063 technology group Robert Bosch said on Tuesday that it will establish a joint venture\u2063 with TSMC, Infineon and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI \u200d(Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan\u200b Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said\u200b on Tuesday that its board had approved a 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms is asking a court in\u200b Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s\u2064 data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In court on Tuesday, the prosecution revealed that the mother of a US Navy sailor charged with sharing sensitive information with China had encouraged him to collaborate with a Chinese intelligence officer. 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