KEYWORD: Financial, Foreign Influence
DIGEST: Applicant is a maintenance mechanic for a defense contractor who accumulated  delinquent debts, most of which he failed to resolve by voluntary means. Financial considerations security concerns are not mitigated. Additional  security concerns are raised over Applicant’s extended online relationship with a Chinese national that he recently broke off. China is a country with a tradition for being an aggressive collector of economic information and technology, and which has a  poor human rights record. Applicant has since broken off his online relationship with this Chinese national, and foreign influence concerns are mitigated.. 
CASE NO: 20-01004.h1
DATE: 03/31/2021