A former intelligence analyst of the US Army. UU. He was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for giving confidential military information to a person who believed he was affiliated with the Chinese government.
Korbein Schultz, 25, or Wills Point, Texas, declared himself guilty in August 2024 to conspire to collect and transmit information on national defense, export controlled information to China and bribes of acceptance in exchange for the sensitive and non -public government of the United States.
From May 2022 to his trial in March 2024, Schultz participated in a conspiracy of incorporation to provide doses of sensitive American military documents, to many of which contained tactical and technical information controlled by the export that lives in signaling in signaling.
Despite “clear indications”, the person who was giving the information was probably related to the Chinese government, Schultz continued the relationship in exchange for approximately $ 42000, according to the officials.
Schultz declared himself guilty of giving the person in China the operational order of his Army Unit that was deployed in Eastern Europe in support of NATO operations; Lessons learned by the United States Army of the Ukraine and Russia conflict, applicable to Taiwan’s defense; Technical manuals for the HH-60 helicopter, the F-22A combat plane and intercontinental ballistic missile systems; Information on Chinese military tactics and the rocket force of the popular liberation army; And details on US military exercises in the Republic of Korea and the Philippines.
It also provides documents on American military satellites and antimile defense systems, such as the high mobility artillery rocket system and the defense of high -terminal high altitude area, and tactics to pollute non -manned air systems in large rating operations.
The person Schultz gave information to China contacted him for the first time through an independent work platform based on the web shortly after Schultz received his authorization for secret/confidential compartmentalized information, according to judicial documents.
Supposedly they passed a client of a geopolitical consulting firm, Schulking Schultz to provide detailed analysis of military capabilities and planning of the United States, particularly in relation to Taiwan and the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
As the relationship progressed, the demands of the Chinese citizen grew increasingly specific and sensitive, requesting technical manuals, operational procedures and intelligence evaluations.
The conspirator made it clear that it was intervored materials that were not publicly advanced and encouraged Schultz to look for higher levels of classification, emphasizing “exclusivity” and “cui and better”, according to judicial documents.
Schultz agreed to send higher levels of classified information to the Chinese man in exchange for money.
Completely aware of national security implications, Schultz agreed to restricted databases, including computers networks of the US government, to download and transmit at least 92 confidential American military documents, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Hello, he also tried to recruit his friend, a companion intelligence analyst from the army, in the conspiracy.
At that time, Schultz’s friend was assigned to the Indo-Pacific Command of the United States Department of Defense, the combatant command that covers China and its regional areas of influence.
Schultz and the Chinese conspirator spoke that they needed to recruit another person who had better access to the classified material, agreeing to do so in a “pleasant and slow way,” according to judicial documents.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said that Schultz addressed her oath to defend the United States, putting military members and the United States service at risk.
“The Department of Justice remains attentive to China’s efforts to attack our military and ensure that those who filter military secrets pass years after bars,” Bondi wrote in a statement proportionate to the Department of Justice.
The director of the Federal Research Office (FBI), Kash Patel, added that service members are a “main objective” for the People’s Republic of China.
“This sentence is a marked warning for those who correlate to our country: it will pay a high price for it,” Patel wrote in a statement. “The People’s Republic of China is relentless in its efforts to steal our national defense information, and service members are a main objective. The FBI and our partners will continue to highlight the espionage and hold those who leave their Ostaling Gaffuard defense
