A US Army intelligence analyst sold classified information and sensitive military documents related to the war in Ukraine and Taiwan’s defense capabilities.

CBS News reported on this.

The journalists of the publication received an indictment from the federal prosecutor’s office for Korbein Schultz, a sergeant in the US Army. He is accused of selling confidential documents related to the defense of the United States and its allies.

Starting in June 2022, the 24-year-old sergeant and intelligence analyst used his security clearance to pass classified information to third parties.

The charging documents don’t name the recipient of the information or as perpetrators of the scheme, but much of the military information Schutlz is accused to have passed on relates to China. In particular, it regards weapons and missile defense systems in Taiwan.

Classified documents related to Russia’s war in Ukraine

Using encrypted messaging applications, Schultz actively transmitted information related to the Russian-Ukrainian war and US military aid to Ukraine to his handler.

He was instructed to prioritize passing along “original and exclusive documents”, related to Russia’s war in Ukraine and the “operabitly of sensitive U.S. military systems and their capabilities,” court documents said.

By July 2022, Schultz was sending information about High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, the type of systems the U.S. has been sending to Ukraine.

The U.S. analyst is also accused of transmitting sensitive documents about hypersonic equipment and summaries of U.S. military drills in August 2022.

According to court records, Korbein Schultz’s main motive was financial gain. Since June 2022, he has received $42,000 for the transferred documents and data.

This is also evident in Schultz’s working correspondence with his anonymous handler.

“I need to get my other BMW back. I will just keep sending you an abundance of information,” he wrote to the coconspirator, according to prosecutors, later expressing a desire to compare himself to Jason Bourne.