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U.S. Navy Service Member Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence Officer

On Oct. 2, the United States transferred approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds of ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces.

By the Department of Justice

A U.S. Navy service member pleaded guilty today to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an

Shortly after leaving the military in 2020, Joseph Daniel Schmidt allegedly tried to pass off U.S. defense information to the Chinese.

Former US soldier Joseph Daniel Schmidt has been arrested by the US Justice Department on charges that he allegedly attempted to share top-secret defense information to the Chinese.

Sergey Karpushkin, 46, of Miami, Fla., a resident of the United States and a citizen of Belarus, pleaded guilty this month to engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions and commit money laundering by conducting transactions for the purchase and acquisition of metal products valued at over $139 million from companies owned by Sergey Kurchenko, a sanctioned oligarch.

U.S. Government Contractor Arrested on Espionage Charges

A US government contractor was arrested on August 24 based on espionage charges in a complaint unsealed today. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a naturalized US

Miami-Based Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate Russia-Ukraine Sanctions and to Commit International Money Laundering