Prosecutors said Friday a Singaporean man living in Washington DC has pleaded guilty to being an 'illegal agent of a foreign power.'
Jun Wei Yeo was also known as Dickson Yeo.
According to CNN, he worked for Chinese intelligence for four or five years.
Using a fake consultancy site, he cultivated Americans with access to sensitive information.
He then commissioned them to write reports, which he then passed on to Beijing.
The Chinese Government uses an array of duplicity to obtain sensitive information from unsuspecting Americans.
United States Assistant Attorney General John Demers Yeo has pleaded guilty and is due to be sentenced in October.
He faces up to 10 years in prison.