He was extradited to the United States in October 2018 to face trial. He was arrested in April 2018 in Belgium, where he had apparently been lured in a counter-intelligence operation – he had planned to secretly meet a GE employee on the trip. Xu, using various aliases, “identified experts who worked for the companies and recruited them to travel to China,” the statement added. “Xu attempted to steal technology related to GE Aviation’s exclusive composite aircraft engine fan, which no other company in the world has been able to duplicate, to benefit the Chinese state,” the Justice Department said in a statement. Xu was one of 11 Chinese nationals, including two intelligence officers, named in October 2018 indictments for involvement in a five-year scheme to steal technology from Cincinnati-based GE Aviation, one of the world’s leading aircraft engine manufacturers, and France’s Safran Group, which was working with GE on engine development. The economic espionage charges carry a maximum of 15 years in prison each and a fine of up to $5m, while the other charges bring up to 10 years in prison each. Xu Yanjun, an official in the Jiangsu province foreign intelligence office of the Ministry of State Security, was found guilty on Friday in the Cincinnati court on two counts of conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage, and three counts relating to trade secret theft. "As long as the Chinese government continues to break our laws and threaten American industry and institutions, the FBI will work with its partners across the globe to bring those responsible to justice.A Chinese intelligence officer has been convicted in US federal court of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms, the Justice Department said. "This case is just the latest example of the Chinese government's continued attacks on American economic security – and, by extension, our national security," said FBI Director Christopher Wray. They agreed to meet in Belgium, where Xu was arrested by authorities and extradited to the U.S. Xu proposed meeting in Europe to receive more proprietary information from the employee. Xu later requested specific technical information from the employee, who was cooperating with the company and the FBI. Prosecutors say Xu lured a GE Aviation employee to China to present a report to a university. The Justice Department says Xu is a 42-year-old Chinese national and an officer in China's Ministry of State Security.Īccording to evidence presented at his trial, Xu tried to steal composite aircraft engine fan technology from Cincinnati-based GE Aviation. National Security People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. and abroad," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "As proven at trial, the defendant, a Chinese government intelligence officer, used a range of techniques to attempt to steal technology and proprietary information from companies based in both the U.S. officials say the case is an example of China's relentless intelligence operations against American companies to steal top-flight technology. Yanjun Xu was convicted by a federal jury in Cincinnati last November of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, attempted economic espionage and attempted trade secret theft. has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to steal high-tech aviation trade secrets from an American company. The first Chinese intelligence officer to be extradited to the U.S. He attempted to steal trade secrets from an American company. The Justice Department announced a court in Ohio has sentenced a convicted Chinese spy to 20 years in prison.
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