Former CIA Officer Admits to Espionage Conspiracy (opens in new tab)

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a 71-year-old former CIA officer from Honolulu, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to deliver national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Ma admitted to working with a co-conspirator (identified as CC #1), who is also a former CIA officer and a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Hong Kong. Both men held top secret security clearances during their tenure with the CIA, Ma from 1982 to 1989, and CC #1 from 1967 to 1983.