Former
Army helicopter pilot sentenced for spying for China
Nov 8, 05:00 PM
A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot was sentenced for spying for the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
A
former U.S. Army helicopter pilot with more than 20 years of military service
and additional years as a defense contractor was sentenced Nov. 7 for acting as
an agent of China, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the Southern District of California.
Shapour
Moinian, 67, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for acting as an
agent of a foreign government and for making materially false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statements or representations on security clearance forms signed as
part of his defense contracting position. He was facing a maximum of 10 years
in federal prison after pleading guilty June 23.
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