BERLIN — German prosecutors have charged an American nationwide with providing delicate U.S. army info to Chinese language intelligence, almost a 12 months after his arrest in Frankfurt.
The Federal Prosecutor Basic introduced Monday that Martin D., a former contractor for the U.S. Division of Protection, faces costs of performing as an agent for a overseas intelligence service in a “notably critical case.”
The indictment was filed with the State Safety Senate of the Larger Regional Courtroom in Koblenz.
Based on the indictment, Martin D. labored for a civilian protection contractor from 2017 till spring 2023 and, beginning in 2020, was stationed at a U.S. army base in Germany. In the summertime of 2024, prosecutors say, he approached Chinese language authorities officers a number of occasions and supplied handy over categorised details about U.S. army operations.
German authorities first detained the suspect in November 2024 at Frankfurt airport, following an arrest warrant issued by the German Federal Courtroom of Justice.
His arrest drew worldwide headlines on the time, with German media reporting that he had sought to promote secrets and techniques from inside U.S. army installations on German soil. He has remained in pretrial detention since.