An Army intelligence analyst was arrested and charged Thursday with selling military secrets to China for more than a year, the Justice Department said.
According to prosecutors, Sgt. Korbein Schultz allegedly used his top secret security clearance to download documents related to weapons systems, missile defense systems and the U.S. defense of Taiwan, later sending that information an individual claiming to live in Hong Kong in exchange for $42,000.
Schultz, who was assigned to the 506th Infantry Battalion, was charged with six counts including conspiracy and bribery.
Prosecutors allege that Schultz and his co-conspirator began messaging online and via encrypted apps in June 2022. He was instructed to pass along information about the Russia-Ukraine war and documents regarding the “operability of sensitive U.S. military systems and their capabilities,” according to court documents.
Schultz went on to send information about hypersonic equipment and summaries of military drills.
In one instance, Schultz and his handler discussed the separate August 2023 arrests of two U.S. Navy sailors accused of selling sensitive information to China.
In total, Schultz received 14 payments between between June 2022 and October 2023. He was arrested Thursday at Fort Campbell, an installation along the border of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Schultz is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Friday.
The charges come on the heels of Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Texeira pleading guilty to illegally posting classified documents online in one of the Pentagon’s most damaging leaks.
Earlier this week, a 63-year-old civilian Air Force employee was charged after he allegedly shared classified information about Russia’s war in Ukraine with a woman he met on a foreign dating app.
