Ex-US Fed adviser gets 3 years in prison in China secrets case

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A former senior adviser for the US Federal Reserve Board was sentenced to over three years in prison for lying during an investigation into allegations that he shared confidential monetary policy information with Chinese intelligence operatives. The conviction underscores tensions related to economic espionage between the US and China.

A former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was sentenced to more than three years in prison for lying to federal investigators looking into whether he shared confidential data with Chinese intelligence operatives, the Justice Department said. John Harold Rogers, 64, was convicted at trial on February 3 of making false statements to investigators about sharing information on monetary policy, Washington US attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a statement on Wednesday after the...