A former CIA officer charged earlier this year with retaining classified information is now accused of espionage, a far more serious crime that could put the suspected Chinese mole in prison for decades.
Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, was indicted Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been held in Alexandria’s jail without bond since January.
Prosecutors allege that in 2010, three years after Lee left his CIA job, two Chinese intelligence officials offered to pay him for information. Prosecutors say Lee prepared documents in response to the Chinese requests, made unexplained cash deposits, and lied in interviews about his travel to China and actions there.