US EditionUS State Dept employee sentenced to 4 years for selling defense information
Michael Schena received at least $10,000 for transmitting classified documents to individuals he believed were Chinese agents, leading to a four-year prison sentence.
- A US State Department employee, Michael Schena, was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense secrets to individuals he believed were working for the Chinese government.
- Schena sold sensitive US government documents to people who claimed to be international consultants, receiving at least $10,000 in return in 2024 and 2025.
- While working at the State Department headquarters in Washington, Schena used a cellphone provided by his handlers to photograph and transmit classified documents containing national defense information.
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Virginia man gets 4 years for sending national defense information to agents of Chinese government
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PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A State Department employee was sentenced to four years in prison for selling national defense secrets to people he believed were working for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).WHO WAS INVOLVED: Michael Charles Schena, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, and people he believed to be Chinese government agents.WHEN & WHERE: Schena’s espionage activity began in April 2022, culminating in his arrest in February 2025. Key incidents…
Ex-State Department employee gets four-year prison sentence for selling secrets to China
"The defendant threw away his career, betrayed his country, and abused the trust the United States placed in him by granting his Top-Secret security clearance," Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said
State Department Officer Gets 4 Years in Prison for Selling Defense Secrets to China
A State Department staffer was sentenced on Sept. 4 to four years in prison for selling defense intelligence to individuals believed to be working for the Chinese government. Michael Schena, 42, was a South Caribbean desk officer in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department’s Washington headquarters and held a top secret security clearance, allowing him access to information that could “cause exceptionally grave damage” to…
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