Seeing some of the payouts for these bribes, it is absolutely ridiculously small. Like the one in the article:
According to US officials, Zhao, who was stationed at a naval base north of Los Angeles, received nearly $15,000 from the Chinese intelligence officer between August 2021 and May 2023.
I can’t imagine risking my military career and risk spending time in military prison (much less being a traitor to my country) for the cost of a used 2012 Toyota Camry with 77k miles.
Because a ridiculously small amount of cash is enough for most people to do this sort of shit.
Seeing some of the payouts for these bribes, it is absolutely ridiculously small. Like the one in the article:
I can’t imagine risking my military career and risk spending time in military prison (much less being a traitor to my country) for the cost of a used 2012 Toyota Camry with 77k miles.
I’m just going to assume the $15,000 was all up front, and all of the spying after that was blackmail after having accepted a bribe.
Cambros.
In some cases, there have been threats against family in those countries IIRC. How credible, etc. is not something I know.
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