Australian Businessman Accused of Selling ‘Fabricated’ Reports From Kevin Rudd to Chinese Spies

Alexander Csergo was accused of providing reports on sensitive topics that were compiled from open-source material, including fake info, to Chinese spies.

Kevin Rudd, former Australian prime minister at the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on May 26, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Security and defence advice falsely claimed to have come from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was supplied to Chinese intelligence agents by an Australian businessman, a jury has heard.

Rudd is expected to testify in the foreign interference trial of businessman Alexander Csergo, which began on Feb. 19.