Florida Engineer Pleads Guilty to Acting as Agent for Beijing
The U.S. citizen and longtime Verizon engineer was the childhood friend of a Chinese intelligence officer. TAMPA, Fla.—A Florida engineer has pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese agent to collect intelligence on dissidents and U.S. nonprofits and firms. Li Ping, a 59-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, on Aug. 23 admitted to conspiring to