A federal jury convicted a U.S. Navy sailor of espionage and export violations on Wednesday due to his sale of military secrets to China. Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, was convicted of six of the seven crimes he stood trial for,

A Navy sailor faces life in prison after his conviction for selling sensitive military information about USS Essex weapons systems to China for cash.

Court docs say he once bragged to a relative, saying “while other U.S. Navy sailors were driving cabs to make extra money, all he had to do was leak secrets.”