# State Department Employee Caught Selling Classified Information to Adversary

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/20367>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/20367 "2025-03-24T14:48:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/20367/1 "2025-03-24T14:48:09Z")

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Originally published at: [State Department Employee Caught Selling Classified Information to Adversary | ClearanceJobs Blog](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/)  
   
The Department of Justice published a press release outlining an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) involving a Department of State (DoS) employee with a Top-Secret security clearance who was selling sensitive and classified information to someone who turned out to be working for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The employee…

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/20367/2 "2025-03-24T15:31:23Z")

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The FBI’s affidavit in support of the criminal complaint may be of interest to readers of this forum:

> **[gov.uscourts.vaed.569455.2.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.569455/gov.uscourts.vaed.569455.2.0.pdf)**
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The case docket is available here:

[https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69717627/united-states-v-schena/](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69717627/united-states-v-schena/)

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**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Grasshopper)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/state-department-employee-caught-selling-classified-information-to-adversary/20367/4 "2025-03-25T14:03:05Z")

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They probably accessed the camera on his work computer.