US Army soldier and intelligence analyst accused of selling military secrets to Chinese co-conspirator Justice Department report.
Sergeant Corbin Schultz, 24, was arrested Thursday at Fort Campbell.corrupt plan” Collusion with an unidentified co-conspirator who claimed to reside in Hong Kong and work for a geopolitical consulting firm.
Schultz was indicted on six charges, including “conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of public officials.”
As part of his role in the military, Schultz was tasked with instructing soldiers on the proper handling of classified information.
According to the Department of Justice, Mr. Schultz used top secret classified information to provide confidential information to his Chinese co-conspirators, including documents, documents, plans, maps, notes and photographs, beginning in June 2022. The Justice Department said the two men communicated using encrypted messaging. application.
The information Schultz allegedly passed related to military weapons systems and potential U.S. defense plans if Taiwan were attacked. Mr. Schultz reportedly had reason to believe that the classified information could endanger the safety of the American people, but his co-conspirators had no information about research into hypersonic equipment or future developments for the U.S. military. He is also suspected of providing the information to The conspirators requested information about the war between Russia and Ukraine and an overview of U.S. military training and operations, court filings revealed.
The department said Schultz received 14 payments totaling $42,000 for providing information to co-conspirators. Money appears to have been a motive for the soldiers. In August 2022, he allegedly told his co-conspirator that he needed to get “another BMW” back.
Schultz allegedly wrote a letter to his co-conspirator saying, “I will continue to send you a large amount of information.” At one point, Schultz said he “wished he was ‘Jason Bourne,'” according to the Justice Department report.
The ministry said the two sides discussed the recent arrests of two navy sailors, Zhao Wenheng and Wei Jinchao, who were accused of providing classified military information to Chinese intelligence agencies. In response, Schultz’s co-conspirators instructed the soldiers to be careful.
“Mr. Schultz, a member of the U.S. Army, is charged with conspiracy to obtain and provide national defense information to individuals abroad,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. As part of the conspiracy, the defendants provided confidential government information to their co-conspirators in exchange for thousands of dollars and prioritized personal gain over the safety of the American people.”
Schultz’s first court appearance is scheduled for Friday. It is unknown whether he has a lawyer, but CBS News report.
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