Gregg William Bergersen

Gregg William Bergersen was a Department of Defense analyst who was arrested and charged with providing classified U.S. Government information to a Chinese spy ring that included Tai Shen Kuo and Yu Xin Kang.¹

On July 11, 2008, Bergersen was sentenced to 57 months on prison.²

Fast Facts

1. Age at arrest: 51 years old
2. Resides: Alexandria, Virginia
3. Worked at the Defense Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency in Arlington, Virginia¹
4. Worked as a weapons systems policy analyst¹
5. Charged with "conspiracy to disclose national defense information"¹
6. March 2008: Plead guilty to providing secret defense information to Tai Shen Kuo³
7. Information detailed United States military sales to Taiwan³
8. July 11, 2008: Sentenced to 57 months in prison⁴
9. Court found that Bergersen had been tricked into providing information to Tai Shen Kuo⁴
10. Tai Shen Kuo is a Taiwanese national⁴
11. Bergersen believed he was helping the Taiwanese government⁴

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