Alexander Yuk Ching Ma | |
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 Ma in a 2019 FBI recording, meeting with an undercover agent posing as an MSS officer | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Other names | Alex |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | The Farm |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Criminal charge | Conspiracy to transmit national defense information (18 USC § 793) |
| Criminal status | Guilty, imprisoned at Federal Detention Center, Honolulu BOP Register #12272-122 |
| Spouse | Amy Ma |
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Alexander Yuk Ching Ma (Chinese: 馬玉清; born 1952 in British Hong Kong) is an American former CIA clandestine officer accused of acting as a double agent on behalf of the People's Republic of China, gaining employment with the FBI in order to act as a mole. He was arrested in August 2020, charged under the Espionage Act with conspiring along with his brother, also a former CIA officer, to pass classified information to officials of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[1]
- ^ Matza, Max (September 11, 2024). "Ex-CIA officer gets 10 years in jail for spying for China". BBC News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.