U.S. Army sergeant accused of exchanging sensitive military information with co-conspirator in Hong Kong
A U.S. Army sergeant and intelligence analyst was arrested Thursday on six charges related to a conspiracy in which he allegedly traded military secrets with a co-conspirator in Hong Kong in exchange for cash, officials said.
A U.S. Army sergeant and intelligence analyst was arrested Thursday on six charges related to a conspiracy in which he is accused of trading military secrets with a co-conspirator in Hong Kong in exchange for cash, officials said.
Korbein Schultz was arrested at Fort Campbell, Tennessee, following an investigation that has been underway since June 2022, said Henry Leventis, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Schultz was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license and bribery of a public official, Leventis said.
The U.S. attorney's office said Schultz worked with a co-conspirator based in Hong Kong who said he worked for a "geopolitical consulting firm based overseas" to "disclose documents, writings, plans, maps, notes, and photographs relating to national defense as well as information relating to national defense which Schultz had reason to believe could be used to injure the United States or used to the advantage of a foreign nation."
In exchange for his work, the co-conspirator paid Schultz about $42,000 over 14 payments, according to the prosecutor's office.
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