WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department reports a Defense Department analyst and a former Boeing engineer have been charged in separate spy cases for allegedly selling military secrets to the Chinese government.
Additionally, two Chinese immigrants accused of working with the defense analyst were arrested after an FBI raid today on a New Orleans home where one of them lived.
The two cases - based in Alexandria, Virginia, and Los Angeles - have no connection. Investigators say it is merely a coincidence that charges would be brought against both on the same day.
In Los Angeles, former Boeing engineer ``Greg'' Chung was arrested on charges of working as an unregistered agent for the Chinese government who stole trade secrets from the defense contractor. Prosecutors say the stolen data largely focused on aerospace programs.
Chung, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was indicted last week on espionage, conspiracy and obstructing justices charges that were unsealed today. He has been the subject of an FBI investigation for nearly a year as part of an inquiry into another Chinese-born engineer convicted in 2007 of stealing military data for the Chinese government.
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