Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, was sentenced to 14 months in prison. FMTNews US DicksonYeo
Yeo set up a political consultancy in Washington which he used to identify Americans with high-level security clearances that he sought to pay for classified information.
The 39-year-old was arrested at an airport in November 2019 and pleaded guilty in July to one count of operating illegally as a foreign agent, which can bring up to 10 years in prison. In addition, she noted Yeo had survived 11 months in US prisons, where there are extensive coronavirus outbreaks, without getting infected.“It would be horrible if he gets it because he has to spend a few more months in jail.
He used these and the networking functions of LinkedIn to track down possible targets, focusing on people with top security clearances.
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