Gene Spector is already serving a 3.5-year prison term in a bribery case.
A Russian-born US citizen already imprisoned on a bribery conviction now faces new espionage charges in Moscow, state news agencies reported.
The Lefortovo court in Moscow on Thursday authorized holding US citizen Gene Spector on espionage charges.In September 2022, Spector was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in bribing an aide of former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, according to local reporting.
White House spokesperson John Kirby told CNN that the Biden Administration was still gathering information about Spector’s case and had no comment yet on the new charges.
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