Feb 8th, 2010 · A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.
Nov 16th, 2009 · Drop-for-drop, computer printer ink is among the most expensive products on the market. And it's highly profitable for the makers. That's why the CEO of a printer cartridge recycling business has filed an industrial espionage suit. He says a competitor sent a spy to his company posing as a customer with some very exacting questions. Kristian Foden-Vencil reports for Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Nov 9th, 2009 · The three were arrested July 31 after straying over the Iranian border from northern Iraq. The U.S. government and their families said the trio were on a hiking vacation and crossed accidentally.
Oct 19th, 2009 · A Maryland scientist who worked for the Defense Department and other agencies has been arrested on espionage charges. The Justice Department says Stewart David Nozette, 52, attempted to deliver classified information to someone he believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer.
May 14th, 2009 · Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of espionage in Iran last month, is leaving Tehran after being released from prison on Monday. Saberi, who has worked as a freelance reporter for NPR and other news organizations, was heading to Austria with her parents and a family friend on Thursday.
May 13th, 2009 · A lawyer for Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist who was convicted of espionage last month in Iran, disclosed new details about her case Wednesday, telling NPR that the Iranian prosecutor in the case had claimed Saberi was actively recruited by a CIA agent.
May 2nd, 2009 · Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi remains in Tehran's Evin Prison, a week into her eight-year sentence on a charge of espionage. Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi says Saberi's closed-door trial was not allowed under Iran's constitution.
May 1st, 2009 · The former top lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an influential pro-Israel lobbying group, had faced federal espionage-related charges. They are being dropped because pretrial rulings made it too difficult for the government to prove its case, a prosecutor said Friday.