John Harold Rogers, a former senior adviser at the Federal Reserve, has been arrested and charged with leaking sensitive economic data to Chinese intelligence operatives. Prosecutors allege that Rogers used personal emails and hotel room meetings to smuggle classified information to his Chinese handlers, who posed as university students. Rogers allegedly accessed top-secret details on US trade policies, tariffs, and Federal Reserve policy announcements through his role at the Fed's international finance division. The leaks included data related to US-China trade tensions, providing China with a financial advantage in its holdings of US debt. Rogers is accused of receiving $450,000 as a part-time professor at a Chinese university, which the Department of Justice claims was a front to deliver confidential data to Chinese intelligence officials. The indictment highlights the Chinese Communist Party's economic espionage campaign targeting US government financial policies and trade secrets.



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