to stay On Google News Follow up.
Two men have been found guilty of selling state secrets to foreign individuals and organizations in China, which has become increasingly powerful and strengthened its state apparatus in recent years.
He took a loan and bought cryptocurrency.
The official statement said the man, Wang Momo, worked for a government agency and sold state secrets for “step by step” money. It was also reported that Momo took a loan and bought crypto-money, where he suffered heavy losses and ended up heavily in debt.
For this reason, Momo, who started looking for a “part-time” job in a forum, also introduced himself as a government employee. Someone outside of China contacted Momo and offered a hefty fee in exchange for some information. Momo, who had “difficulty deciding at first”, later accepted the offer due to his debts and slowly began feeding the man information.
It was reported that Momo, who was arrested as a result of the investigation, received a total of 1 million yuan (about 140 thousand dollars) in spying money. The man was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The death penalty was given.
This week, a man was sentenced to death in the second espionage case in the country. A former employee of a government agency was also found guilty of providing “a significant number of state secrets” to foreign intelligence services. The man was also sentenced to death.
It was reported that the man, identified as Zhang, worked in a key unit of a government agency and sold some information after leaving the job.
The statements did not specify the countries to which the secret agencies were sold.
It was published:
Last update:
