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Naval officer sells state secret for $1,5K
Pravda
08/30/2004 18:18
The officer bought a computer and additional equipment to it for this
money A military man of S.Makarov's Pacific Naval Institute, Major
Valery Sarkisyan was sentenced to two years in a colony. In addition,
the major is not allowed to take state posts for 12 months.
The Pacific Naval Court Martial found Valery Sarkisyan guilty of
exposing the state secret information. The sentence was brought down
pursuant to Article 283, part 1 of the Russian Federation Penal Code,
Interfax reported with reference to the Pacific Naval Headquarters.
Valery Sarkisyan worked at the research laboratory of rocket and
anti-submarine naval aviation systems. The officer was allowed to
access the information, which constituted state secrets. Investigators
determined that the officer copied the text file of the dissertation
"The spatial filter of sonar signals with accidental array antenna" on
his personal flop disk.
Valery Sarkisyan was keeping the file with state secret information at
home. In September of 2002 the officer sold the flop disk, having
disclosed the state secret. Investigators say the officer was paid
$1,5 thousand for the disk. With this money, Sarkisyan bought a
computer and additional equipment to it.
Pravda
08/30/2004 18:18
The officer bought a computer and additional equipment to it for this
money A military man of S.Makarov's Pacific Naval Institute, Major
Valery Sarkisyan was sentenced to two years in a colony. In addition,
the major is not allowed to take state posts for 12 months.
The Pacific Naval Court Martial found Valery Sarkisyan guilty of
exposing the state secret information. The sentence was brought down
pursuant to Article 283, part 1 of the Russian Federation Penal Code,
Interfax reported with reference to the Pacific Naval Headquarters.
Valery Sarkisyan worked at the research laboratory of rocket and
anti-submarine naval aviation systems. The officer was allowed to
access the information, which constituted state secrets. Investigators
determined that the officer copied the text file of the dissertation
"The spatial filter of sonar signals with accidental array antenna" on
his personal flop disk.
Valery Sarkisyan was keeping the file with state secret information at
home. In September of 2002 the officer sold the flop disk, having
disclosed the state secret. Investigators say the officer was paid
$1,5 thousand for the disk. With this money, Sarkisyan bought a
computer and additional equipment to it.