He then gave the material to Arthur E., who photographed the printouts, took the digitised data to Moscow, printed it out and handed it to the FSB in meetings with Russian officers, they added. The three allegedly met in September 2022 and conspired to procure sensitive BND information for the FSB.Ĭarsten Lsupplied a total of nine documents related to a project on technical intelligence gathering on two occasions between mid-September and early October last year, printing them out or taking photos of them on his computer screen, prosecutors said in a statement. since May 2021, and that the latter was in contact with a Russia-based businessman with ties to the FSB, Russia's domestic intelligence agency. Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, said at the time of the first arrest that it brought in prosecutors immediately after internal investigations substantiated information about a possible case of treason.įederal prosecutors said today that Carsten L had been acquainted with Arthur E.

The second suspect, a self-employed German businessman identified as Arthur E, was arrested at Munich airport on 22 January as he arrived from the United States. In an announcement today, prosecutors said the intelligence officer, who has been identified only as Carsten L in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Berlin on 21 December last year.

An employee of Germany's foreign intelligence service and an acquaintance have been charged with treason for allegedly passing secret documents to Russia.

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