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Chinese spy sentenced to 15 yrs in US prison

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Taiwan-born American who admitted spying for China was given more than 15 years in prison, the US Justice Department said Friday. Tai Shen Kuo, 58, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced by federal court in Virginia to 188 months in prison, and required to forfeit 40,000 dollars, after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to deliver US military information to China. Kuo was charged as a part of a small ring that included a Chinese woman, Yu Xin Kang, and former Pentagon analyst Gregg Bergersen, that obtained secret information mainly on US military sales to Taiwan and US military communications security and sought to provide the information to Beijing.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).