Former Army Reservist Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for China

The Department of Justice in Washington on Sept. 22, 2017. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a Chinese national and former army reservist of acting as an illegal agent for 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 to a statement released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sept. 26.

Recruited by China’s Spy Agency

Ji came to the United States on a student F1 visa in 2013. He studied electrical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.