Prosecutors say he passed sensitive Navy ship information to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000. A 25-year-old U.S. Navy sailor has been convicted of espionage for passing sensitive military information to a Chinese intelligence officer while serving aboard the USS Essex in San Diego, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Beginning in February 2022, he communicated with a Chinese intelligence officer who first posed as a "naval enthusiast" on social media. The FBI’s counterintelligence chief, Roman Rozhavsky, said China "continues to aggressively target U.S. military members" and urged personnel to report suspicious offers. A second sailor, arrested the same day, pleaded guilty earlier this year and was sentenced to 27 months in prison for conspiring with a Chinese officer.