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A former employee of Ericsson, who was made redundant in the recent wave of job cuts was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison for espionage. Afshin Bavand (46) handed secret company documents to the Russian intelligence agency last year, a move that could have harmed Sweden's national security. Also convicted were two of Bavand's co-workers for complicity in industrial espionage for gathering some of the information and giving it to Bavand. In an unusual move, the Stockholm district court sealed the documents that were used in evidence, and also imposed a court order preventing witnesses from discussing the case for 20 years. Bavand was arrested last November, while meeting a Russian diplomant who has been accused of being an intelligence agent. Sweden later expelled two Russian diplomats for “activities not compatible with their diplomatic status.” The documents are alleged to have contained information on mobile and fixed telephony systems. While Ericsson is also a defense contractor, there doesn't appear to have been any documents regarding Ericsson's defense products. Ericsson makes radar systems for defence programmes, including for the JAS-39 Gripen fighter planes made by Sweden's Saab and Britain's BAE Systems.
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Posted: 2005-02-08 06:58:51
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