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A federal judge on Monday sentenced Shapour Moinian, a retired U.S. Army helicopter pilot, to 20 months in jail for illegally selling aviation-related information to China. Pool Photo by Win McNamee/UPI | License Photo Nov. 7 (UPI) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a retired U.S. Army helicopter pilot to nearly two years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to spying for China. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller handed Shapour Moinian, 67, of San Diego, Calif., the 20-month sentence on charges of acting as an agent of the Asian nation and accepting tens of thousands of dollars from representatives of…
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