STOCKHOLM — A Swedish courtroom on Wednesday sentenced a 47-year-old man to a few years in jail for spying for Russia by promoting secret data from truckmaker Scania.
The courtroom mentioned it had discovered the person responsible of buying and promoting the key data from the truckmaker to a Russian embassy official.
The courtroom acquitted the person of comparable espionage expenses at Volvo Vehicles.
“To be convicted of espionage, it’s required that Sweden’s safety could be broken if the knowledge advantages international powers,” the courtroom mentioned in a press release.
“The district courtroom has dominated that that is the case with regard to the knowledge that the person obtained from Scania, whereas it has not proved that that is the case with regard to the knowledge from Volvo.”
The courtroom assertion mentioned the person frequently acquired money at his conferences with the Russian embassy official, which it thought of was compensation for the knowledge offered.
The person was apprehended whereas assembly the diplomat in a restaurant, having simply acquired 27,800 Swedish crowns ($3,242).
The person, who has denied wrongdoing, labored as a advisor for Volvo in 2016 and 2017 and for Scania in 2018 and 2019, till he was arrested.
The person’s lawyer mentioned he would attraction.
Scania is owned by truckmaker Traton.
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