The U.S. Department of Justice announced on June 23 that a cultural vocational contract
worker who had been a U.S. Army helicopter pleaded guilty acknowledging that he served as
a Chinese agent without registration, and received Tens of thousands of dollars from Chinese
government representative for providing information related to their national defence
contractors and aviation -related information to the Chinese government. The Ministry of
Justice said that 67 -year -old Shapour Moinian is a resident of San Diego, California. He served
in the United States from about 1997 to 2000 and was stationed in the United States, Germany,
and South Korea. After retiring, Shapour Moinian worked for different national defense
contractors and the Ministry of Defense. These contractors are allowed to participate in projects
containing confidential information. According to his confession agreement, Shapour Moinian
worked for a national defense contractor who was allowed to contact confidential information
and participated in multiple aviation projects used by the U.S. military or intelligence agencies.
Matthew G. Olsen, assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, is responsible for the National
Security Affairs Department, said "Shapour Moinian is a Chinese government agent who takes
money. He sells technologies related to American aviation technology." The Ministry of
Justice said that in March 2017, Monian went to Hong Kong to meet with that person and
agreed to provide information and materials related to aircraft designed or produced in the
United States in exchange for money. In that meeting, he got about 7,000 to 10,000 US dollars.
In 2017, he went overseas and met with Chinese officials during the stay at Shanghai Airport,
providing an aviation -related material stored in a flash, including a proprietary information of a national defense contractor. Subsequently, Monian arranged for this information to remit
money into the Korean bank account of his stepmom. He told his stepmom that this was his
overseas consultation income and instructed her to remit the funds to him through multiple
transfers. The Ministry of Justice said that Monian also obtained a mobile phone and other
devices from those people to contact them and assist them in transfer materials and information.
At the end of March 2018, Monian went to Bali to meet again with the same people. Later in
the same year, he began to work for another defense contractor who was allowed to participate
in confidential projects. During this time, these people in China transferred thousands of dollars
to her step -girl's bank account in South Korea. She then remitted the money to him many times.
In 2019, Monian went to Hong Kong again and met with these people and received about
$ 22,000 for him and he and his wife smuggled the cash into the United States
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