Former Navy sailor sentenced to 16 years for selling information

January 13, 2026

Former Navy sailor sentenced to 16 years for selling information A former U. S. Navy sailor convicted of selling ship manuals to an intelligence officer working for China has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prisonByAUDREY MCAVOY Associated PressJanuary 12, 2026, 11:56 PMA former U. S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months.

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A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage.
He was paid more than $12,000 for the information he sold, the U. S.
Department of Justice said in a statement.
Wei, an engineer for the amphibious assault ship USS Essex, was one of two California-based sailors charged on Aug.
3, 2023, with providing sensitive military information to China.

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