WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested and charged with spying for China, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
The Justice Department in a statement said Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested on Friday on a charge that he conspired with a relative of his, also a former CIA officer, to communicate classified information to Chinese intelligence officials. The criminal complaint was unsealed on Monday.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; editing by Eric Beech)
