Former U.S. military pilot Daniel Duggan has been accused of receiving over $100,000 to teach Chinese aviators how to take off and land on aircraft carriers.
Duggan, 54, was alleged to have received 12 payments from a Chinese-based business responsible for “acquired military equipment and technical data for the PRC government and military,” according to an unsealed indictment filed in the U.S. District of Columbia.
Eight of the 12 payments, each for $9,900, or $9,500, were cited for “personal development training.” The payments, totaling between $116,250 and $116,400, were made between Jan. 11, 2011, and July 6, 2012.
Duggan, who renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2012, was arrested on Oct. 21 in Australia’s New South Wales at the request of the FBI. The Australian government has approved a request to extradite him in December 2022….