The former U.S. Army helicopter pilot was employed by various 'cleared' defense contractors, indicating that he was allowed to work on projects involving classified information.
According to the plea agreement, Moinian was first approached by a Chinese contact: a woman who claimed to work for a technical recruiting company and offered Moinian the chance to consult for the aviation industry in China.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said he used his stepdaughter's South Korean bank account to receive payments from Chinese government officials. Prosecutors say he told the stepdaughter that the funds were for his consulting work and instructed her to transfer the funds to him. His plea agreement includes admissions that he lied on national security background forms by indicating he had not had close contacts with foreign nationals or been asked to work for or consider employment by a foreign national within the past seven years.
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