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\"\"Officials stated that a federal jury convicted a Chinese national and former Army Reservist Monday of spying for China.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ji Chaoqun, 31, of Chicago, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of\u00a0 China and lying about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence presented at the two-week trial revealed that Ji worked at the direction of a high-level intelligence officer in the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security (JSSD), a provincial department of the Ministry of State Security for the People\u2019s Republic of China. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Ji, a Chinese citizen residing in Chicago, was tasked with providing the intelligence officer with biographical information on certain individuals for possible recruitment by the JSSD. <\/span><\/p>\n

The individuals included Chinese nationals who were working as engineers and scientists in the United States, some of whom were U.S. defense contractors.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2016, Ji enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves under the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program, which authorized the U.S. Armed Forces to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills are considered vital to the national interest. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"In his application to participate in the MAVNI program, Ji falsely stated that he had not had contact with a foreign government within the past seven years. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a subsequent interview with a U.S. Army officer, Ji again failed to disclose his relationship and contacts with the intelligence officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ji faces up to 10 years in prison. A sentencing date has not been set yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI investigated the case, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Army 902nd Military Intelligence Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vikas Didwania and Barry Jonas for the Northern District of Illinois and Senior Trial Attorney Heather Schmidt of the National Security Division\u2019s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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