Members of the United States military have been warned against collaborating with foreign powers following the conviction of a former U.S. Army soldier who sent national defense secrets to an American adversary.
Korbein Schultz, 25, of Wills Point, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for siphoning information off to China.
According to a Justice Department news release that followed the sentencing, Schultz originally pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2024.
A DOJ release from Aug. 13 detailed the evidence against Schultz.
According to the Justice Department, Schultz initially entered the conspiracy with a person who lived in Hong Kong, suspected by the soldier to be an agent of China. The individual requested information on missile defense and mobile artillery systems.
The firing squad would deter this kind of behavior better than anything else