DOJ accuses two Chinese intelligence officers in FBI double-agent bitcoin (BTC) bribery scheme
Two Chinese intelligence officers are facing prosecution in the US for allegedly attempting to steal court documents and bribing an FBI agent with Bitcoin (BTC).
According to a new statement from the US Department of Justice, Guochun He and Zheng Wang tried to interfere in ongoing criminal investigations into a Chinese telecom company by planning to obtain court documents and information.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the company involved is telecommunications giant Huawei.
The defendants, who are still at large, allegedly paid a US government official about $61,000 worth of bitcoin as a reward for handing them an alleged document from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York that relates to the investigation.
He and Wang thought the officer was working as an asset for the Chinese government, but it turned out to be a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) double agent.
Says Assistant Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco,
“The cases uncovered today come against a backdrop of malicious activities by the People’s Republic of China, which include espionage, harassment, obstructing our justice system and ceaseless efforts to steal sensitive US technology.”
The bribery scheme is another form of illegal activity that Bitcoin has been using in recent times. Earlier this month was a man sentenced operate an unlicensed BTC transfer business.
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