A U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in Germany for offering to hand over sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence service.
The Higher Regional Court in the western German city of Koblenz handed down the sentence on Feb. 11 against the defendant—identified only as Martin D. under German privacy law—for espionage, according to a news release.
The trial against Martin D. started in November last year, when he was accused of repeatedly offering to pass on sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence service while working as a civilian employee of a U.S. military base in Germany, according to the court….
German Court Sentences US Citizen to Nearly 3 Years in Prison in China Spy Case
