Plane spotter or Chinese spy? Ontario university student suspected of espionage at airports
Federal prosecutors say Weiheng Zeng was paid about $200 to photograph planes and FedEx sites and later made false statements to investigators.
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Plane spotter or Chinese spy? Ontario university student suspected of espionage at airports
A University of Waterloo student is suspected of espionage after the FBI said he admitted to accessing airport facilities in Toronto and Chicago, to take photos on behalf of a shadowy figure from China. Weiheng Zeng, himself a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Michigan on Aug. 23 and charged with making false statements.
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BizTocChinese Student Charged With Lying To Border Agents Over Alleged Airport Photo Assignments From Beijing
Chinese Student Charged With Lying To Border Agents Over Alleged Airport Photo Assignments From Beijing Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, A Chinese national studying at a Canadian university has been charged with lying to American officials to conceal that he took photographs at a Chicago airport cargo facility at the direction of a suspected Chinese official, according to a federal complaint filed in Detroit on Aug. 26. The U.S. Depar…
FBI Scrutiny Intensifies on Canadian Students Alleged Espionage Activities
Quick Summary: FBI Scrutiny Intensifies on Canadian Students Alleged Espionage Activities An Ontario student, Weiheng Zeng, was charged in Detroit for making false statements to U.S. federal officers, not espionage itself. Zeng allegedly admitted his plane-spotting hobby was a cover for photographing FedEx facilities and aircraft for a Chinese contact. FBI reports detail that Zeng […] The post FBI Scrutiny Intensifies on Canadian Students Allege…
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