The Australian Federal Police said Alexander Csergo, 55, had been compiling reports for two foreign spies known to him as “Ken” and “Evelyn.' | AFP
Csergo, an IT and marketing specialist, was arrested in Sydney on Friday evening, and briefly appeared in a local court via video link on Saturday morning.
He was first approached while he was working overseas by an individual who claimed to be representing a think-tank, police sad.Assistant police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Ken and Evelyn work for a “foreign intelligence service and are undertaking intelligence collection activities”.
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