Ex-Fed Adviser Gets Three Years in Prison in China Secrets Case

A former senior Federal Reserve adviser was sentenced to more than three years in prison after lying to federal investigators about whether he shared confidential Fed data with Chinese intelligence operatives. The U.S. Justice Department said the case involved potential compromise of sensitive economic/financial information, raising counterintelligence and data-privacy concerns. The outcome is likely to weigh on trust and perceived governance risk around central-bank data handling.

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A former senior Federal Reserve adviser was sentenced to more than three years in prison after lying to federal investigators about whether he shared confidential Fed data with Chinese intelligence operatives. The U.S. Justice Department said the case involved potential compromise of sensitive economic/financial information, raising counterintelligence and data-privacy concerns. The outcome is likely to weigh on trust and perceived governance risk around central-bank data handling.