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Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China pleads guilty in a Honolulu courtroom

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, is set to plead guilty on Friday in a Honolulu federal court for spying for China for over a decade.
Ma has been detained since his arrest in August 2020, accumulating strong evidence against him, including video of providing classified data to Chinese intelligence.
Prosecutors revealed a video displaying Ma receiving $50,000 from Chinese agents and engaging in espionage activities, leading to his guilty plea for conspiracy.

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Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Spying For China Pleads Guilty

A former CIA agent pleaded guilty Friday to spying for China, the US Department of Justice announced. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, a native of Hong Kong who became a naturalized US citizen, admitted to having provided "a large volume of classified US national defense information" to Chinese authorities in 2001, even though he hadn't been employed by the CIA for 12 years. According to the Justice Department statement, Ma's meeting with representat…

1 month ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China expected to plead guilty in a Honolulu courtroom

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade is expected to plead guilty in a federal courtroom in

1 month ago·United States

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CNN

Former CIA officer pleads guilty to spying for China, DOJ says

A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Friday to providing national defense information to the People’s Republic of China, the Justice Department said.

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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Former CIA officer pleads guilty to spying for China, DOJ says

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A former CIA officer targeted in an FBI undercover operation pleaded guilty Friday to providing national defense information to the People’s Republic of China, the Justice Department said. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, of Honolulu, who served as a CIA officer over a seven-year period in the 1980s, worked with an unnamed co-conspirator in 2001 to provide Chinese intelligence “with a large volume of classified U.S. nati…

1 month ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Former CIA officer pleads guilty to spying for China, DOJ says

1 month ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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South China Morning Post

Ex-CIA officer Alexander Yuk pleads guilty to spying for China

Evidence against the Hong Kong-born US citizen included video showing him giving information to Chinese agents and counting the US$50,000 he received for his service.

1 month ago·Hong Kong

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