Former Fed Adviser John Rogers Gets 38-Month Sentence for Lying to Investigators About China Ties
Prosecutors said he lied about sharing restricted Fed information with Chinese operatives and received financial benefits and university posts in return.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich sentenced former Federal Reserve adviser John Harold Rogers to 38 months in prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted central-bank information with Chinese intelligence operatives.
- Rogers began a clandestine relationship in 2017 with Hummin Lee, a Chinese intelligence operative, and shared restricted Fed information during meetings in Chinese hotel rooms, according to prosecutors.
- When asked in a February 2020 inspector general interview if he shared restricted Fed information, Rogers answered "never." Prosecutors argued sharing such data could allow Beijing to generate "enormous profits" from trading its roughly $1.5 trillion in U.S. Treasurys.
- The jury acquitted Rogers of economic espionage, though attorney Jonathan Gitlen said the 38-month sentence was "significantly higher than other defendants received in similar cases." Rogers receives credit for nearly 18 months already served, plus 12 months of supervised release.
- This sentencing reflects the Trump administration's intensified pursuit of alleged economic espionage by Beijing, as federal authorities prioritize protecting sensitive financial data from foreign intelligence operations.
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Jerome Powell Needs To Resign From the Fed
Powell needs to go!!A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has now been found guilty of lying to federal investigators about sharing restricted information with Chinese intelligence operatives. This is not a peripheral scandal-it strikes at the core
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Ex-Fed Adviser Sentenced to 38 Months for Passing Sensitive Info to China
A former senior Federal Reserve official has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for lying to federal investigators about sharing sensitive economic information with Chinese intelligence operatives. John Harold Rogers, 64, was senior adviser for the international finance division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the main governing body for the U.S. central bank, from 2010 to 2021. He was arrested in January 2025 and convi…
Former Federal Reserve official gets 38 months in prison in espionage case
A former senior adviser at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted Fed information with Chinese intelligence operatives, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced.
Ex-Adviser for FRB Sentenced to Prison for Lying About Sharing Info with Chinese Spies: 'He Sold Out His Country'
A former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB) has been sentenced for sharing sensitive economic information with Chinese spies. The post Ex-Adviser for FRB Sentenced to Prison for Lying About Sharing Info with Chinese Spies: ‘He Sold Out His Country’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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