US Army intelligence analyst charged with selling classified military information to China

A U.S. Army analyst has been apprehended and accused of selling classified military information to a contact in China.

Sgt. Korbein Schultz was arrested on Thursday at Fort Campbell in Kentucky following an investigation conducted by the FBI and U.S. Army counterintelligence.

The charges indicate that he received $42,000 (£33,000) in exchange for numerous sensitive security records.

Authorities state that the illicit conspiracy commenced in June 2022 and persisted until his arrest.

Sgt. Schultz faces charges including conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official.

It remains uncertain whether he has retained legal representation to provide comments on the charges against him.

“The conduct alleged in today’s indictment represents a grave betrayal of the oath sworn to defend our country,” said Larissa Knapp of the FBI’s National Security Branch. “Instead of safeguarding national defence information, the defendant conspired with a foreign national to sell it, potentially endangering our national security.”

The accused individual reportedly shared classified documents with a contact whom he believed to be residing in Hong Kong, according to officials, Newsweek reported.

READ MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/us-army-sergeant-charged-leaking-classified-info-china/index.html

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