A former US telecommunications worker has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to act as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without notification to the Attorney General.

Ping Li, a naturalized American citizen, admitted that he communicated for years with an officer in China’s intelligence service.

A Florida IT worker who admitted to acting as a "cooperative contact" for the Chinese government was sentenced Monday to four years in prison, federal authorities announced. Fla. IT Worker Gets 4 Years In Chinese Spying Case : Four-Year Sentence for Ping Li U.

A former U.S. telecom company employee who provided information about Chinese dissidents and Falun Gong members to China was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, the Justice Department said.

Former Verizon employee Ping Li sentenced to 4 years in prison for secretly sharing sensitive US data with China.

A former US telecom employee who provided information about Chinese dissidents and members of the Falun Gong religious movement to Beijing was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday. Ping Li, 59,

A former US telecom company employee who provided information about Chinese dissidents and Falun Gong members to China was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, the Justice Department said.The US Justice Department said Li worked for a major US telecom company and an international information technology company.