WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On June 9, a Florida court convicted Man of conspiring to export defense articles to a foreign country without the required license.
"Wenxia Man…was sentenced to 50 months in prison for conspiring to export and cause the export of fighter jet engines, an unmanned aerial vehicle — commonly known as a drone — and related technical data to [China]," the release stated on Friday.
During a federal investigation, Man told an undercover US agent that she was connected to a "technology spy" with the Chinese military who was interested in copying stealth technology, the Justice Department explained.
According to prosecutors, Man had been involved in the scheme since 2011.
