Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, accusing him of selling national defense information to a foreign national living in China.
Korbein Schultz was detained at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell on Thursday and indicted on six counts, including conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information and bribery of a public official. According to the Department of Justice, Schultz has accepted at least 14 payments totaling $42,000 from an unnamed conspirator since June 2022. The conspirator, described as a “foreign national” in the indictment, resides in Hong Kong.
The documents that Schultz is accused of selling had top-secret security clearance, include writings, maps and photographs related to national defense. Prosecutors said that Schultz “had reason to believe [the documents] could be used to injure the United States or used to the advantage of a foreign nation.”
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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