A former U.S. military pilot pleaded guilty on June 23 to acting as a paid agent of China, admitting that he provided U.S. aviation-related technology to the communist regime, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
Shapour Moinian, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot from San Diego, admitted in a federal court to “receiving thousands of dollars” from representatives of Chinese authorities to provide aviation-related information to China, according to the statement.