SAN DIEGO—A San Diego civilian defense contractor who pleaded guilty to accepting money from Chinese government representatives in exchange for providing aviation-related information from his American defense contractor employers was sentenced Nov. 7 to 20 months in prison.
Shapour Moinian, 67, handed over information “related to multiple types of aircraft designed and manufactured in the United States,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which said Moinian was paid through wire transfers and cash that he smuggled back into the U.S.
