The DOJ announced Thursday that 2 US Navy sailors were arrested this week. The DOJ accused Navy service member Wenhen Zhao, 26, of giving military info to China for $14,866. The two sailors were charged with similar crimes, but they were charged in separate cases, and it wasn't clear Thursday if the two were connected or if they were courted or paid by the same Chinese intelligence officer. The Justice Department charged Wei under a rarely used Espionage Act statute that makes it a crime to gather or deliver information to aid a foreign government. Zhao, the second officer charged, is accused of sharing information, including operational plans for a U.S. military exercise in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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Persons: Jinchao Wei, Wenhen Zhao, Wei, Zhao, ____ Baldor, Eric Tucker Organizations: DOJ, US, Service, DIEGO, US Navy, Naval, The Justice Department, Justice Department, Helicopter, Ospreys, Prosecutors, Associated Press Locations: USS Essex, China, Wall, Silicon, San Diego, Essex, Pacific, Washington