Former CIA Officer Admits to Spying for China

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma pleads guilty to sharing classified U.S. defense information with Chinese intelligence, faces 10-year sentence.

Ma, 71, provided classified information to China in 2001 and continued espionage activities while working for the FBI until 2012.
He was caught on video receiving $50,000 from Chinese agents and later accepted cash and gifts in exchange for sensitive documents.
Ma's employment with the FBI was part of an undercover operation to monitor his contacts with Chinese intelligence.
The plea agreement requires Ma to cooperate with U.S. authorities and includes a 10-year prison sentence if accepted by the court.
Ma's co-conspirator, also a former CIA officer and his relative, was not charged due to mental incompetency and has since passed away.