Former U.S. soldier pleads guilty to sending military information to people in China
A former U.S. Army soldier in Oregon has pleaded guilty to conspiring to gather sensitive military information and send it to people in China, according to federal prosecutors. He paid active-duty soldiers and others to obtain information and equipment related to the Army’s operational capabilities.
Ruoyu Duan, 41, of Hillsboro, Oregon, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
The conspiracy ran from November 2021 through March 2025 and involved secretly obtaining computer equipment, training materials, intelligence reports and technical manuals, according to court documents cited by prosecutors.
The information included details about U.S. military weapons systems, including Bradley and Stryker combat vehicles and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS. Prosecutors said the information was transferred to people in China.
The former soldier paid co-conspirators, including active-duty Army personnel, and others to gather the material. The announcement did not identify the recipients in China or say whether they were connected to the Chinese government.
He served in the Army from 2013 to 2017 and received training in handling sensitive and classified military information, prosecutors said.
A federal grand jury in Portland initially indicted him and active-duty Army officer Li Tian on March 5, 2025, on charges of conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property. FBI agents arrested the former soldier in Oregon the following day.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 10. He faces up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
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