It was on Monday, January 8, 2023 that a U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to 27 months in prison. The latter is accused of having accepted almost 15,000 dollars in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for photos of private and unclassified

The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that Petty Master Wenheng “Thomas” Zhao pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy and receiving a bribe. Zhao, who faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, was also fined $5,500. Zhao admitted that he sent his Chinese superior plans for American military exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, operational orders, electrical diagrams, and plans for a radar system at an American military base in Okinawa