Tag: espionage

US Charges 10 CCP Agents Over Plots to Recruit US Spies for China, Obstruct a Criminal Prosecution, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 25 unveiled charges on 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in conducting espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges across three separate cases accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese…


US Charges 10 CCP Agents in Alleged Plots to Recruit US Spies for China, Obstruct Criminal Prosecution, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 24 announced charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges, across three separate cases, accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents…


US Charges 10 CCP Spies in Alleged Espionage Campaigns Targeting Americans

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 24 announced charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges, across three separate cases, accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents…


7 Indicted in Alleged CCP Plot to Force US Resident to China

Seven people, including two New York residents, have been indicted in connection with an alleged plot by the Chinese regime to coerce a dissident in the United States to return to China, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 20. An Quanzhong, 55, and his daughter An Guangyang, 34, of Roslyn, New York, were arrested on…


Former NSA Staffer Charged With Espionage After Trying to Sell Information to Undercover FBI Agent

A former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) was charged with espionage for allegedly trying to sell classified national defense information to an undercover agent he believed to be working for a foreign government, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, a 30-year-old Army veteran of Colorado Springs, Colorado, worked at…


DOJ Finds Former Army Reservist Guilty of Spying for China

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a Chinese national and former army reservist acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the Chinese regime. Ji Chaoqun, 31, was found guilty on three counts of spy-related charges, including acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and making a material false statement to the…


Former Army Reservist Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for China

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a Chinese national and former army reservist acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the Chinese regime. Ji Chaoqun, 31, was found guilty on three counts, including acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and making a material false statement to the U.S. Army, according…


Twitter Was Notified at Least 1 Chinese Spy Was on Company’s Payroll, Whistleblower Testifies

The former head of security at Twitter was told earlier this year by the U.S. government that there was at least one agent of China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), working as an employee at the company. This was one of the revelations made by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a whistleblower who served…


House Republicans Working on New Bill to Combat China’s Espionage

House Republicans announced this week that they are working on new legislation that would increase punitive economic measures against China for its continued espionage efforts in the United States. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) said that the new Chinese espionage bill is intended to shore up what Republicans saw as weaknesses in the Biden administration’s China…


TikTok Is a ‘Weaponized Espionage Application’: Expert

Chinese-owned video app TikTok could be covertly sending users’ passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive data to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to one expert. “When you’re actually doing keystrokes, typing each letter, each number, those are being recorded back in China, and under supervision of the Chinese Communist Party,” Casey Fleming, CEO…