WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A person previously employed by Warsaw metropolis council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage for allegedly offering Russia with false identities its spies might use, Polish authorities mentioned Thursday.
The person, recognized solely as Tomasz L. in step with Polish privateness legal guidelines, was indicted on fees of espionage and abuse of energy, the Polish Inner Safety Company wrote in a press release on Thursday.
Authorities allege the person supplied Russia with intelligence between 2017 and 2022, whereas he was working within the archives of the Warsaw municipality’s civil registry.
The person is believed to have copied civil data of Polish and international residents, permitting international intelligence providers to create pretend id papers for his or her brokers overseas, in keeping with Polish prosecutors.
Tomasz L. was detained by Polish authorities in March 2022. In accordance with Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, his arrest supplied authorities with info which contributed to the expulsion of Russian diplomats in the identical month.
Polish authorities have accused dozens of people of espionage or sabotage on behalf of Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
