各判30个月监禁：两名中国籍男子 Liren Lai 与 Yuance Chen 充当中国政府代理人被判刑，曾搜集美军人员与基地信息
美国司法部宣布，两名中国籍男子因合谋充当中国政府代理人、并在未事先通知司法部长的情况下充当外国政府代理人，于 10 月 30 日被判刑：Liren Lai（又名 Ryan Lai），40 岁，与 Yuance Chen，39 岁，各被判处 30 个月监禁，刑满后接受 3 年监管释放。
司法部表示，两人同意在中国国家安全部的指挥与控制下行事，在美国境内从事秘密情报活动，包括以秘密交接现金的方式换取涉及美国国家安全的信息、搜集美国军事人员与军事设施的信息，并协助从美军内部招募潜在情报人员。
负责国家安全的助理司法部长 John A. Eisenberg 表示，Lai 与 Chen 长期从事破坏美国国家安全的活动，为中国情报行动提供支持并在美国招募人员，其活动范围广、行事大胆。
加州北区联邦检察官 Craig H. Missakian 表示，两名被告受一个外国情报机构指使搜集美军信息，意图损害美国国家安全。联邦调查局（FBI）反情报与间谍部门助理主任 Roman Rozhavsky 表示，两人自认在美国土地上充当中国政府的非法代理人，从事秘密付款、收集敏感军事信息和试图招募美国军人等活动。
据法庭文件，两人最迟自 2021 年 5 月起开始充当中国国家安全部的代理人。Lai 把 Chen 招入该计划，最初在 Chen 与中国国家安全部情报官员之间充当中间人，之后 Chen 直接接受情报官员下达的任务。
政府的量刑备忘录显示，2022 年 1 月，两人在中国境内时，协调在美国境内的人员把一个装有约 1 万美元现金的背包放进加州 Livermore 一处休闲设施的储物柜，以这种被称为「秘密交接点」（dead drop）的方式传递资金或信息，避免双方直接见面。
自 2022 年起，Chen 还按 Lai 与情报官员的指示搜集美国军事设施与人员信息，包括拍摄位于华盛顿州 Bremerton 的 Naval Base Kitsap 海军基地，拍摄和录制南加州一处海军招募站内的新兵与现役水兵，收集一名美国海军雇员的个人身份信息，并保存多名可能成为情报目标的军事人员的详细履历资料。
2023 年 3 月，Lai 前往美国，向 Chen 交付一部用于与中国国家安全部秘密通讯的手机。Chen 随后在 2024 年与 2025 年前往中国，与情报官员会面并接受涉及美国军人的新任务。2025 年 4 月，Lai 再次从中国前往美国执行任务；次月，中国国家安全部指示他前往 Phoenix，促成另一笔约 2 万美元的秘密现金交接。
两人在 2025 年 6 月 27 日 FBI 主导的一次协调反情报执法行动中被捕。加州北区联邦大陪审团于 2025 年 7 月 1 日对两人提起公诉。Lai 于 2025 年 12 月 12 日对两项罪名认罪，Chen 于 2026 年 2 月 20 日对两项罪名认罪。
此案由 FBI 旧金山外地办事处主导调查，FBI 波特兰、休斯顿与圣迭戈办事处及海军犯罪调查局协助；司法部国家安全司反情报与出口管制处与加州北区联邦检察官办公室负责起诉。
30 Months Each: Liren Lai and Yuance Chen Sentenced for Acting as Agents of the Chinese Government and Gathering Information on U.S. Military Personnel
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that two nationals of China were sentenced on October 30 for conspiring to act as agents of the Chinese government and acting as agents of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General: Liren Lai, also known as Ryan Lai, 40, and Yuance Chen, 39, were each sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
The Justice Department said the defendants agreed to operate under the direction and control of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), carrying out clandestine intelligence activities in the United States that included facilitating secret dead drop cash payments in exchange for information related to U.S. national security, gathering information about U.S. military personnel and installations, and assisting efforts to recruit potential intelligence assets from within the U.S. military.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said Lai and Chen operated in a long-running scheme to undermine U.S. national security by supporting Chinese intelligence operations and recruiting in the United States, and that their activities were extensive and brazen.
U.S. Attorney Craig H. Missakian for the Northern District of California said the defendants were directed by a foreign intelligence service to gather information about the U.S. military. Roman Rozhavsky, assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, said the two admitted operating as illegal agents for the Chinese government on U.S. soil, making covert payments, collecting sensitive military information and attempting to recruit American service members.
According to court documents, the two began acting as agents of the MSS no later than May 2021. Lai recruited Chen into the scheme and initially served as an intermediary between Chen and MSS intelligence officers; Chen subsequently received assignments directly from MSS officers.
As detailed in the government's sentencing memorandum, in January 2022, while the defendants were in China, they coordinated with individuals in the United States to leave a backpack containing approximately $10,000 in cash in a locker at a recreational facility in Livermore, California. Such arrangements, known as dead drops, allow operatives to transfer money or information without directly meeting the intended recipient.
Beginning in 2022, Chen also gathered information about U.S. military installations and personnel, including photographs of Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, and photographs and videos of military recruits and active-duty sailors inside a Navy recruiting station in Southern California. Chen also collected personal identifying information about a U.S. Navy employee and maintained detailed biographical information about military personnel who were potential intelligence targets.
In March 2023, Lai traveled to the United States and delivered a cell phone to Chen for covert communications with the MSS. Chen later traveled to China in 2024 and 2025, where he met with MSS officers and received additional assignments concerning U.S. service members. In April 2025, Lai again traveled from China to the United States, and the following month the MSS directed him to travel to Phoenix to facilitate another clandestine cash payment of approximately $20,000.
Lai and Chen were arrested on June 27, 2025, during a coordinated FBI counterintelligence operation. A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California returned an indictment on July 1, 2025. Lai pleaded guilty to both offenses on December 12, 2025, and Chen pleaded guilty to both offenses on February 20, 2026.
The FBI San Francisco Field Office led the investigation, with assistance from the FBI's Portland, Houston and San Diego field offices and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The Justice Department's National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California handled the prosecution.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：美国海军潜艇驶往位于华盛顿州的 Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton 基地（资料图，本案被告曾按指示拍摄该基地照片）。美国海军官方照片，摄影 Amanda Gray，公共领域，来源 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A U.S. Navy submarine transits to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in Washington (file photo; the defendants photographed this base at the direction of intelligence officers). U.S. Navy photo by Amanda Gray, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
