Ex-U.S. Guard Sentenced to 9 Years in China Spying Case
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A former civilian guard at a U.S. consulate compound being built in China was sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting that he tried to sell classified photographs and information about the building to the Chinese.
Bryan Underwood, 32, learned of his punishment today in federal court in Washington after pleading guilty in August to attempting to communicate national defense information to China. He planned to sell the information and access to the compound under construction in the southern city of Guangzhou for as much as $5 million, according to the U.S.