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Spiral from LinkedIn to jail time for China spy asset
HealthJailing of Alexander Csergo
A man has been jailed for compiling worthless reports for Chinese intelligence after being contacted on LinkedIn.
Alexander Csergo, 58, was found guilty by a jury in March of helping Chinese spies and was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in jail.
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- Alexander Csergo, 58, jailed for 3 years and 6 months
- Alexander Csergo, 58, jailed for helping Chinese spies
- Csergo compiled fake, plagiarised reports about Australia
- He was contacted by Chinese operatives on LinkedIn
- Csergo knew he was assisting Chinese operatives
- He will be eligible for parole in October
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- Csergo's parole eligibility in October
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- Sep 10PerthNow (AU): A man has been jailed for more than three years for compiling a series of worthless reports for Chinese intelligence who dropped him a line
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