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British Man Caught SPYING For China by FBI -Called Xi 'The BOSS'
British Father Caught SPYING For China in FBI Sting
Businessman, 63, who referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as 'The BOSS' and attempted to smuggle arms into Beijing facing 40 years in US jail
MailOnline 1 JUN 2025
A British businessman has been sensationally accused of spying for China and plotting to smuggle sensitive military technology to Beijing.
John Miller, 63, was arrested on the orders of the FBI following a sting operation and is now awaiting extradition to the United States.
Court documents seen by The Mail on Sunday show that Mr Miller referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as The Boss in intercepted phone calls.
The FBI said this demonstrated his awareness that he was acting at the direction and control of the Chinese government
Last night, neighbours at the businessmans five bedroom GB1.5 million home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, expressed bemusement at the news and called him a respectable family man
His wife volunteers at her local church, and the couples daughter attended a leading public school. One said: They are the perfect family to have as neighbours.
Documents filed at the Eastern District Court of Wisconsin in Milwaukee allege Mr Miller tried to buy military hardware in the US for the Peoples Liberation Army, including missile launchers, air defence radars and Black Hornet microdrones that can fly within feet of enemy soldiers and enter buildings to spy on troop positions.
Other equipment he attempted to procure included a hand held device approved by Americas National Security Agency for the secure communication of classified and sensitive national security information
According to the court papers, Mr Miller suggested smuggling a device by glueing it inside a food blender. He said it could then be sent via DHL or Fedex to Hong Kong
The revelation comes as America warned that China is preparing to invade Taiwan.
Mr Miller, who calls himself a recruitment specialist, was caught in a sting after the arms dealers he was negotiating with turned out to be undercover FBI agents.
He was arrested on April 24 while on a business trip to Belgrade, Serbia, where he was being held last night.
He is accused of conspiring with US based Chinese national, Cui Guanghai, 43. If convicted, both men face up to 40 years in prison.
A 67 page indictment states that around December 2023, messages intercepted by the FBI showed that Mr Miller communicated with an unknown person a Christmas wish list that included hardware and radar technology
The list includes an offer of ?37,000 for a Stinger portable missile launcher, HGB 148,000 for two military drones, GB 668,000 for an AGM 88E anti radiation missile system and 1.5 million for an air defence radar system.
Mr Miller told an undercover FBI agent that the hardware would be reverse engineered or copied in China. Its government, he said, was willing to pay two to three times the cost to acquire such equipment.
Miller referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as The Boss
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