Chinese spy case in Chicago linked to larger foreign espionage scheme
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CHICAGO (WLS) The spy case against a former U.S. Army reservist and student at Illinois Institute of Technology wasn t a one-man espionage show, according to federal investigators.
Ji Chaoqun s federal court appearance in Chicago on Thursday is routine, in an anything-but-normal case. Chaoqun is charged against the backdrop of a possibly wider Chinese scheme to siphon intelligence information overseas.
Chaoqun and a similarly-accused spyman in Cincinnati, Ohio, shared the same foreign connection according to authorities, what s known in intelligence circles as a handler. That link is pointed out in federal court records examined by the I-Team.