An active-duty U.S. Navy sailor was convicted of espionage by a federal jury on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice press release. Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jinchao Wei, 25, who was stationed at Naval Base San Diego, sold Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000 over the course of 18 months. “The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican who has been an ardent backer of President Donald Trump, said Monday that he is resigning to take a leadership position at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The move is the latest in a series of changes at the FBI under Director Kash…
State Sen. Douglas McCrory had a powerful voice over how one of the city’s leading nonprofit agencies distributed state grant money, including decisions directing millions of dollars to a new and relatively untested charitable organization created by a close personal friend, according to a variety of sources. Almost immediately, McCrory’s relationship with Sonserae Cicero-Hamlin raised…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Beijing denies threat as FBI opens new office in New Zealand to ‘counter China’ Claims by the head of the FBI that China is a threat to the Indo-Pacific…
Claims by the head of the FBI that China is a threat to the Indo-Pacific are groundless, Beijing said as the American security agency opened its first permanent office in New Zealand. “We strongly oppose any attempt to make groundless assertions or vilification against China out of the Cold War mentality,” the Chinese embassy in…
[Kalé Carey] A CALIFORNIA MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON 14 FEDERAL CHARGES FOR A SCHEME PROSECUTORS ALLEGE USED MULTIPLE DATING APPS TO LURE VICTIMS WITH FALSE PROMISES OF ROMANCE, ONLY TO BE DEFRAUDED. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCED THE INDICTMENT ON THURSDAY, JULY 24, IDENTIFYING 39-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER EARL LLOYD OF WHITTIER AS THE MAN BEHIND…
It sounds like the plot of an action-thriller, but for one Atlanta tech entrepreneur, an elaborate cryptocurrency theft involving North Korean assets became his reality. “It felt like I was in a movie,” Marlon Williams told Channel 2 News (WSB-TV). “That’s where we see these things, right?” Rather than a phishing scam with criminals pretending…
On July 21, Chenguang Gong pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of theft of trade secrets for the benefit of a foreign government, a violation of Title 18, U.S. Code Section 1832. The charge carries a statutory maximum of ten years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $5 million or twice the gross…
President Donald Trump publicly backed FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino during a press gaggle on Sunday, stating that Bongino is staying at the FBI for now following reports of potential resignation this week. Trump described Bongino as “a very good guy” and said he believes the deputy director is “in good shape” amid ongoing tensions…
Topline President Donald Trump lashed out again at critics for focusing on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, praising Attorney General Pam Bondi even as her decision not to release additional information on the so-called Epstein Files has caused a major rift among his base, as many blast the administration for not delivering on lofty expectations for…