FORMER US NAVY SAILOR SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS FOR SPYING FOR CHINA

  BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR A jury found former US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei guilty of spying for China by selling US military secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer, and he was sentenced to 200 months in jail (about 16 years) in federal court. The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a statement on Monday that Wei, 25, also known as Patrick Wei, was sentenced in federal court following his August 2025 espionage conviction by a jury. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “Members of the United States military swear to support and defend the Constitution...