Chinese American Sentenced for Stealing US Missile-Detection Tech for China

Prosecutors argued that the individual intentionally stole U.S. tech secrets, citing his long history of stealing trade secrets to support the Chinese military.

The Department of Justice seal at the DOJ office in Washington on May 16, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

A Chinese American man, Gong Chenguang, was sentenced on Nov. 17 to 46 months in prison for stealing U.S. military trade secrets for the benefit of the Chinese communist regime.

Gong had worked at a Los Angeles-area research and development company where he transferred more than 3,600 files to personal storage devices.