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Ex-Fed Adviser Sentenced 38 Months for China Spy

7/16/2026

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  • John Harold Rogers (former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve) was convicted of giving non-public monetary policy data to Chinese intelligence.
  • He received a 38-month prison term from U.S. District Judge Dabney Friederich, although prosecutors had asked for five years.
  • Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Rogers earned about $450,000 in 2023 as a part-time professor at a Chinese university and deliberately concealed the sharing of restricted Fed data.