Alexander Yuk Ching Ma

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma
Ma in a 2019 FBI recording, meeting with an undercover agent posing as an MSS officer
Born	1952 British Hong Kong
Other names	Alex
Citizenship	United States
Education	The Farm
Alma mater	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Criminal charge	Conspiracy to transmit national defense information (18 USC § 793)
Criminal status	Guilty, imprisoned at Federal Detention Center, Honolulu BOP Register #12272-122
Espionage activity
Allegiance	United Kingdom (1952–?) United States (before 2001) China (2001–present)
Agency	Central Intelligence Agency (1982–1989) Ministry of State Security (2001–present)

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma (Chinese: 馬玉清; born 1952 in British Hong Kong) is an American former CIA clandestine officer accused of acting as a double agent on behalf of the People's Republic of China, gaining employment with the FBI in order to act as a mole. He was arrested in August 2020, charged under the Espionage Act with conspiring along with his brother, also a former CIA officer, to pass classified information to officials of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.^[1]