A U.S. Navy sailor pleaded guilty on Oct. 10 to receiving bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for sensitive U.S. military information, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, who also goes by Thomas Zhao, admitted that he engaged in “a corrupt scheme to collect and transmit sensitive U.S. military information to the intelligence officer in violation of his official duties,” according to an Oct. 10 statement by the DOJ.
