He also said he planned to seek a job at the CIA, FBI or NASA once he obtained his U.S. citizenship and security clearance. Ji said he would then have access to their databases, including information about scientific research, the Justice Department said.
A judge in Illinois this week handed down an eight-year prison sentence to a Chinese citizen for spying on behalf of the People’s Republic of China.
Last year, a jury convicted Ji Chaoqun, 31, of acting as an agent of China without notifying the U.S. government and making false statements to the U.S. Army. He was sentenced on Wednesday, the Department of Justice said.
Working on behalf of China’s Ministry for State Security, Ji was told to provide information about engineers and scientists in the U.S., some of whom worked for defense contractors. It was part of an effort to obtain access to advanced aerospace and satellite technologies being developed by U.S. companies, federal prosecutors said.
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