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Today, a 47-year old man has been indicted for espionage. The person is suspected of meeting a Russian diplomat over a number of years with the purpose of providing information in return for money. The investigation has been undertaken by the Swedish Security Service under the direction of a prosecutor at the National Security Unit of the Swedish Prosecution Authority. The prosecutor is available for the media today.
”As a consultant at his former workplaces, I allege that he has obtained material with the purpose of providing information to a foreign power, in this case Russia. He has been well-paid for this information, and this shows the value the Russians place on the information provided. The man was apprehended whilst meeting a Russian diplomat where he had just received 27 800 Swedish crowns from the diplomat,” says the prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist.
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A man suspected of selling secret information to a Russian diplomat was on Monday charged with espionage by Swedish authorities.
The man, 47, is accused of meeting the Russian diplomat over a number of years and providing information for money.
It is understood the man, from Gothenburg, had worked as a researcher at Chalmers University of Technology and was a consultant at vehicle manufacturers Volvo and Scania.
He was arrested two years ago at a restaurant in Stockholm where he was dining with a Russian intelligence officer specialising in industrial espionage, Sweden s
GT newspaper said.
The Swedish Prosecution Authority claims he was given cash in return for sensitive documents.
Prosecutors in Sweden have charged a 47-year-old man for allegedly spying for Russia in a high-tech industry.
The suspect, who has not been identified, is accused of selling sensitive information to a Russian diplomat for several years.
The information is reported to have concerned the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo, and the heavy goods vehicle giant Scania, which belongs to a branch of the German Volkswagen group.
Prosecutors say that the man illegally transferred material from his work computer to his private computer using USB memory sticks.
He is also alleged to have taken photographs of his work computer screen in an effort to hide his activities from IT systems.