Florida Engineer Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for Beijing – IOTW Report

Florida Engineer Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for Beijing

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TAMPA, Fla.—A Florida engineer has pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese agent to collect intelligence on dissidents and U.S. nonprofits and firms.

Li Ping, a 59-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, on Aug. 23 admitted to conspiring to act as a Chinese agent since at least 2012.

Under the direction of the Ministry of State Security, China’s top intelligence gathering agency, Li collected a wide range of information on the targets of the Chinese regime, including pro-democracy activists, practitioners of the persecuted faith group Falun Gong, and his former employer, U.S. telecom giant Verizon, court filings and his LinkedIn profile show.

The court document also said he discussed hacking tactics with a Chinese intelligence officer and provided cybersecurity training materials from his current employer at the officer’s request. read more here

6 Comments on Florida Engineer Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for Beijing

  1. A long time ago I drove past the Japanese internment encampments used during WWII in Cody WY. They have kept some intact for history’s sake.
    I’m sure they were miserable places for them to be but I understand the concern for what someone loyal to Japan could do.
    Think about what would have to be done today if Chyna declared war on us.

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