A former U.S. military pilot pleaded guilty on June 23 to acting as a paid agent of China, admitting that he provided American aviation-related technology to the communist regime, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release.
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 the Chinese authorities to provide aviation-related information to China, according to the press release.
The 67-year-old also pleaded guilty to making false statements during national security background checks in 2017 and 2020, the Justice Department said.
“The defendant admitted to being an unregistered agent of a foreign power, lying on his background check paperwork to obtain his security clearance, knowingly providing proprietary information to people controlled by the Chinese government, and willingly receiving payments from them,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy said in the press release….