Three US Army soldiers arrested in bribery and theft of defense intelligence case: Kash Patel

The FBI, in coordination with interagency partners led by former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, has arrested two active-duty US Army soldiers and one former soldier on charges of theft of government property and involvement in a bribery scheme.
Kash Patel, in a post on X, confirmed the arrests and said, ” I can now report that today the FBI, along with our interagency partners led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, arrested two active-duty US Army soldiers and one former US Army soldier for theft of government property and a bribery scheme. These individuals have been charged with stealing America’s defense intelligence capabilities and empowering adversaries like China in betrayal of our country. They will now face American justice.”

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, the arrested individuals have been identified as Jian Zhao and Li Tian, both active-duty soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and Ruoyu Duan, a former US Army soldier.
“Tian and Duan were charged in the District of Oregon for conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property. Zhao was charged in the Western District of Washington for conspiring to obtain and transmit national defense information to an unauthorized individual, as well as for bribery and theft of government property,” the DOJ stated.