Alexander Csergo, charged and facing trial for foreign interference, allegedly received cash in envelopes in return for sensitive information on national security, a court has heard.
The prosecution alleges Csergo, 55, returned to Australia earlier this year with a “shopping list” of information to gather for the Chinese state.
The businessperson is accused of compiling and selling details on the AUKUS pact (with the U.S. and UK), the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, lithium mining, and iron ore mining activities to two spies named “Ken” and “Evelyn.”
The two Chinese spies are alleged to work for a foreign spy agency and carried out intelligence collection….