Russian court jails U.S. citizen Spector for 15 years in espionage case, state news reports

Russian court jails U.S. citizen Spector for 15 years in espionage case, state news reports

has sentenced U.S. citizen to 15 years in jail for espionage, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday.

Currently serving a 3-1/2-year for bribery, Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the U.S., was charged last August .

Before his 2021 arrest, he served as chairman of the board of Medpolymerprom Group, a company specializing in , state media has said.

Spector in his first court case had pleaded guilty to helping bribe an assistant to an ex-Russian deputy prime minister.

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