Alexander Csergo: Australian businessman found guilty of working for suspected Chinese spies (www.bbc.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 13:17
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56733239

An Australian businessman has been found guilty of reckless foreign interference over his compilation of reports for two people who prosecutors said he should have suspected were Chinese spies.

Alexander Csergo, 59, faces up to 15 years in prison after being convicted in a Sydney court on Friday.

Authorities said two individuals known only as “Ken” and “Evelyn” offered to pay him for national security information while he was working in Shanghai.

Csergo’s defence argued he had given them reports containing publicly available information, and that the only deceptions were plagiarism and including fake quotes from people he pretended to have interviewed such as former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

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