two-and-a-half years in jail for trafficking personal data in China.
The Shanghai court also sentenced his American wife Yu Yingzeng to two years.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China, which is being investigated for possible
bribery, hired Mr Humphrey last year.
The pair were found guilty of illegally obtaining Chinese citizens'
data and selling it to China-based multinational firms, including GSK
China.
Both admitted buying background information - but said they did not
realise it was illegal to do so.
They have the right to appeal against their sentences within 10 days.
A court official also announced that Humphrey would be deported, but
gave no further details, Reuters news agency reports.
The verdict did not make a link between Humphrey's investigations and
the allegations against the pharmaceutical giant GSK.
Those allegations first emerged in an email in January 2013 from an
anonymous and self-styled whistleblower to the company.
The email alleges that GSK's sales teams targeted influential doctors
with expensive gifts and cash to win business. It was sent to GSK's
London-based CEO Andrew Witty and made accusations against GSK China's
general manager Mark Reilly.
Later a sex tape featuring Mr Reilly and his girlfriend was also sent.
The arrest of Humphrey and his wife came weeks after he delivered an
investigation report to GSK.
The multinational had asked his corporate investigations company,
ChinaWhys, to find out who had sent the email and how the video had
been filmed.
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