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Former CIA officer sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for China
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from China in return for delivering US defense information
A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for China was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison.
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, made a deal in May with federal prosecutors, who agreed to recommend the 10-year term in exchange for his guilty plea to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government. The deal also requires him to submit to polygraph tests, whenever requested by the US government, for the rest of his life.
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