Washington, Jan. 10 -- United States Attorney R. Matthew Price announced that a criminal complaint has been filed against 35-year-old Qilin Wu in the Western District of Missouri. The complaint accuses Wu of one count of unlawfully photographing a vital military facility and military assets without permission, in violation of US law, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The complaint states that on December 2, 2025, the Whiteman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) looked into a report about a suspicious minivan with a Massachusetts license plate near the base perimeter.

Air Force security personnel were sent to the location and encountered Wu, who claimed he was there to watch the B-...