The FBI has alleged that the FBI has worked on behalf of the Chinese State Security Ministry to collect the naval intelligence.
The United States of Justice Department has tried to spy two Chinese citizens and recruit the country’s army.
According to Tuesday StatementThe 38 -year -old Yuen Chen and 39 -year -old Liren “Ryan” have been accused of working on behalf of China’s foreign intelligence hand, the State Security Ministry (MSS).
The pair ranged on many “hidden intelligence taskings”, including facilitating payments in exchange for national security information, gathering intelligence on Navy bases and trying to recruit MSS property.
“This case underlines constant and aggressive efforts to infiltrate our army in the Chinese government and weakening our national security from inside,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.
According to the FBI affidavit, the LAI was a part of the MSS network that can “travel more easily” between China and the US “to facilitate hidden operations.
Around 2021, he began to develop a chain, which is a legal permanent resident in his property.
After making sure that the people of the United States were identified in the chain, Lei appealed to him to go abroad that he offered to pay for his connection, even to pay for tickets, the affidavit said.
These men met MSS agents, and in the 5th they left a backpack with $ 1.5 cash in California’s locker as to pay to other individuals for the Intelligence Fair.
Over the years since then, the affidavit says that Chen collected information about the Navy and sent it to the LAI, and discussed the recruitment attempts with MSS directly.
Some of those information include personal details from Navy employees. In one case, Chen went to the Navy’s rent and went to San Diego, California, and the aircraft carrier on the tour USS Abraham Lincoln.
Photos included in the affidavit have posted a badge of visitors as well as the chain staff and their son on the top of the deck of the aircraft carrier.
The FBI says that such interactions are part of the campaign to increase the reach of China’s army.
The affidavit states that the PRC (People’s Republic of China) government looks for the modernization of their Navy and the naval capacity of the blue-water as part of their efforts to dominate the South China Sea, “the affidavit said.
The “Blue-Water Capacity” usually refers to the long-term maritime efforts against the home-based operation.
The affidavit further states, “The PRC government’s functions and MSS secretarily deploy to the US Navy and collect intelligence,” the affidavit further said.
Both men were charged under the Foreign Agent Registration Act or Faram, for which those working on behalf of another country should register with the US government.
In recent years, the US government has increased the use of the law in an attempt to deal with Chinese spying.
Beijing usually rejects such claims and is accused of a discriminatory trick on the United States.
“This fee reflects the width of our foreign enemies to target the United States,” the United States ATTorney Tarni Craig H Miskian said in a statement of the Justice Department.
“Whatever complicated and sensitive we are to hinder our national security efforts, we will continue to investigate and prosecute.”
