The 59-year-old, who had been working on telecommunications infrastructure while in Shanghai, should have suspected that Ken and Evelyn were working for China’s Ministry of State Security, the jury found.
The reports were handed to Ken or Evelyn in person, sometimes at restaurants and cafes devoid of other people, in exchange for envelopes containing the equivalent of thousands of dollars in cash.
Despite this information being worthless, the jury still found Csergo guilty after being told by the crown prosecutors that the relationship with him and his contacts was valuable.
Ken also handed the 59-year-old a “shopping list” of sensitive topics to research when he returned to Australia in early 2023.
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