Australian Man Convicted for ‘Reckless Foreign Interference’, Selling Intel to CCP Spies
The man provided the intel to two contacts known as 'Ken' and 'Evelyn.'
TL;DR
- Alexander Csergo, 58, convicted of reckless foreign interference.
- Sentenced to three-and-a-half years jail, with a non-parole period of one year and 10 months.
- Sold fabricated reports to two contacts believed to be working for China's Ministry of State Security.
- Reports were compiled from open-source material but padded with fabricated quotes.
- Included purported remarks from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on AUKUS, the Quad, and Australian defence policy.