Taipei Times
AsiaPac · 17 mins ago
Two indicted over alleged spying on Yunlin commissioner
CHINESE AGENT: Prosecutors said that Huang Po-wei and Wang Ta-wei spent about US$5,000 in cryptocurrency for data on Taiwanese in a plot with a member of the CCP By Wu Sheng-ju and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source A former secretary to Yunlin County Commissioner Chang Li-shan (張麗善) has been indicted and faces prison for allegedly selling Chang’s itinerary to Chinese agents while she was visiting Japan in 2024.The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Huang Po-wei (黃柏葳) and his friend Wang Ta-wei (王大偉) spent more than 5,000 tether (a cryptocurrency tied to the US dollar) and obtained more than 40 million items of Taiwanese labor insurance and health insurance data, as well as household registration records, from the dark web.Huang and Wang ar
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