US Cyber Spy Commanded from China Gets Four Years in Prison

The US justice system has sentenced a Floridian to four years in prison, plus three years of supervised release, for selling national secrets to China’s intelligence services.

59-year-old Ping Li, a resident of Wesley Chapel, Florida, had immigrated to the United States from the People’s Republic of China years back.

Working in various roles for US telecommunications companies and IT organizations, Li would serve as a cooperative contact working at the direction of officers of the PRC’s Minist