US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling secrets to China after being encouraged by mother

Fuente: New York Post

A China-born US Navy sailor who sold sensitive ship information to the Chinese government under the encouragement of his mother was ordered to 16 years in prison on Monday. Jinchao Wei, 25, was blasted as a “traitor” as he was ordered to spend 200 months behind bars by a federal judge in San Diego for selling national defense information to an intelligence officer working for the People’s Republic of China for $12,000, the Justice Department announced. “This active-duty US Navy sailor betrayed his country and compromised the national security of the United States,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.