A New Orleans furniture salesman has pleaded guilty to spying for the Chinese government and providing Beijing with secret information on military relations between the United States and Taiwan.

Fifty-eight-year-old Tai Shen Kuo is a native of Taiwan and a naturalized U.S. citizen. He faces up to life in prison after entering the guilty plea Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria.

In court papers, Kuo admitted that he received $50,000 from the Chinese government for his efforts.

Kuo persuaded a Defense Department analyst to provide classified information on U.S. military sales to Taiwan and other secrets by providing gambling money and promises of future employment.

The defense analyst, Gregg Bergersen, has already pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme and awaits sentencing.