A US Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after a jury found him guilty of selling sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence officer.

The sailor, Jinchao Wei — who was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage and “unlawful export of, and conspiracy to export, technical data related to defense articles” — will be sentenced on December 1, according to a statement from the Justice Department .

The jury acquitted Wei on a charge of naturalization fraud.

“The defendant’s actions represent an egregious betrayal of the trust placed in him as a member of the U.S. military,” Adam Gordon, US attorney for the Southern District of California, said in the statement. “By trading military secrets to the People’s Republic of China for cash, he jeopardized not only the l

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