US Navy Sailor Gets 27-Month Prison Sentence for Selling Military Secrets to China

Published on January 9, 2024

A former U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to 27 months in prison for providing the Chinese communist regime with sensitive U.S. military information in exchange for bribes, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner on Jan. 8 handed down the sentence to Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, who also goes by Thomas Zhao. Mr. Zhao was also ordered to pay a $5,500 fine. The DOJ had sought a 37-month sentence for Mr. Zhao for obstructing the government’s investigation, according to Courthouse News Services. Mr. Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one count of conspiring with a Chinese intelligence officer and one count of receiving a bribe. Mr. Zhao admitted he had “engaged in a corrupt scheme to collect and transmit sensitive U.S. military information to the intelligence officer in violation of his official duties,” according to the DOJ....

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