Coast Guard Officer Sentenced to 6 years for Selling Classified Documents
Posted on 2024-11-26 08:13:14
The Ciaotou District Court has sentenced a coast guard official to six years in prison for selling classified information to a Chinese national.
The court Kaohsiung court found the defendant guilty of committing bribery-related offenses while she was working at the Southern Branch of Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration in 2023.
Prosecutors say the suspect took photographs of classified documents stored on a work computer relating to drill records and work reports.
She then sent them to a Chinese national in exchange for digital currency worth more than 70,000 N-T.
According to prosecutors, the woman also made an agreement with the Chinese national to collect restricted information relating to critical infrastructure and defense plans for Taiwan's outlying islands in exchange for 500,000 N-T.
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