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‘Disgraceful Betrayal:’ State Department Worker With Top Secret Clearance Sold Out To China ‘Disgraceful Betrayal:’ State Department Worker With Top Secret Clearance Sold Out To China
‘Disgraceful Betrayal:’ State Department Worker With Top Secret Clearance Sold Out To China A Virginia man who worked for the US Department of State is heading to prison after federal prosecutors say he sold out his country by transmitting classified information to people he knew were Chinese government agents. Michael Charles Schena, 42, of Alexandria, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information, the US Attorney’s Office in Virginia announced. Schena, who held a Top Secret clearance, admitted he passed sensitive government information in exchange for cash.  Prosecutors said he “deliberately undermined US …
Luxury Trips, $1M Homes: NJ, NH Dads Convicted In NY For Russian Spy Smuggling Plot Luxury Trips, $1M Homes: NJ, NH Dads Convicted In NY For Russian Spy Smuggling Plot
Luxury Trips, $1M Homes: NJ, NH Dads Convicted In NY For Russian Spy Smuggling Plot Two suburban husbands — one from New Jersey, the other from New Hampshire — lived comfortable family lives while secretly helping Russia obtain U.S.-made technology and sniper ammunition, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Vadim Yermolenko, 43, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, a dual U.S. and Russian citizen, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the illicit network, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. His co-defendant, Alexey Brayman, 38, of Merrimack, NH, an Israeli citizen born in Ukraine, pleaded guilty and is awaiting se…
Anti-Trump Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ Anti-Trump Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ
Anti-Trump Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ A Virginia-based US government employee who said he didn’t support the current administration tried to pass classified military intel to a foreign country — but the FBI was watching from the start, officials said. A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist with "Top Secret" clearance was arrested in northern Virginia after he allegedly tried to leak national defense information to a foreign government — citing his personal opposition to the current administration as his reason, federal officials announced. Today, an IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency was arr…