Retired captain You Zhengyu was suspected of collecting virtual currency for Chinese people and then converting it into cash to pay female soldiers surnamed Li and Mori for leaking secrets. He made a profit of more than 430,000 yuan. The High People's Procuratorate has today prosecuted a total of four people, You Zhengyu, Li Nan, Mori and the coast patrol officer surnamed Cai, for violating the national security law and other crimes, and recommended that they be given a harsher sentence. After the whole case was transferred to the High Court, the court held a custody hearing in the afternoon and ruled that Mr. Li and Ms. Mori should be detained after the hearing.
The prosecution of the High Prosecutor's Office pointed out that You Zhengyu was suspected of receiving virtual currencies from Chinese people in a virtual currency wallet under his name from March 2024 to October of the same year, and then sold them to currency dealers for cash. According to the other party's instructions, he deposited the money into the accounts of Li Nan and Cai, thereby covering up and concealing the source of criminal proceeds, and You obtained 430,403 yuan in illegal gains.
You Zhengyu used to serve in the Reserve Command of the National Defense Mobilization Agency of the Ministry of National Defense and was promoted to captain. The prosecutors found in another case that because he needed a loan, he was allegedly lured by a Chinese netizen with a "nice voice" with TEDA coins. From the beginning of 2022 to the end of 2023, he used his mobile phone to copy military confidential documents at least five times, and then sent them to the other party through Telegram, charging 4,998 TEDA coins, equivalent to about 150,000 yuan. The Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office had previously prosecuted him.
The prosecutor followed the lead and discovered that Mr. Li and Ms. Mori were suspected of being involved in a communist espionage case. The High Prosecutor's Office pointed out that both of them were short of money and were suspected of spying on, collecting and delivering many military secrets for China in exchange for rewards during their service.
Among them, Mr. Li is suspected of engaging in related crimes from March and April 2024 to August 2025, receiving a total of 884,000 yuan; Ms. Mori is suspected of collecting and delivering military secrets for China from October and November 2023 to March 2025. Both of them are currently retired.
Coast Patrol officer Cai is suspected of providing a financial account for Mori to use to help collect leakage rewards paid by China. Mori and Cai received a total of 515,000 yuan; You Zhengyu was responsible for collecting virtual currency paid by Chinese people, converting it into cash, and then transferring it to a designated account.
The prosecutor of the High People's Procuratorate directed the investigation of the National Security Protection Workstation of the Investigation Bureau and found that four people were involved in violations of the Army, Navy and Air Force Criminal Law, the State Secrets Protection Law, the National Security Law, as well as the criminal law of leaking, delivering and spying on national defense secrets, the Corruption Crime Regulations, and the Money Laundering Prevention and Control Law. The investigation was concluded today and public prosecutions were initiated.
The prosecutor believed that Li and Mori were both military personnel at the time of the crime, while Cai was a civil servant, but participated in the crime for personal gain, jeopardizing national and military security. You Zhengyu played an indispensable role in helping China find another channel to pay property and played an indispensable role in completing the crime. He also made excuses after committing the crime and showed no regrets. Therefore, it is recommended that the court give a harsher sentence to the four people.
After the whole case was transferred to the High Court today, the court held a custody hearing for Mr. Li and Ms. Mori in the afternoon. After the hearing, the court ruled that the two people should be detained.
