Prosecutors say John Harold Rogers worked with co-conspirators in China to steal trade secrets from the Fed's Board of Governors and Open Market Committee.

A former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve, John Harold Rogers, was arrested on charges he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of the People's Republic of China, the Justice Department announced Friday.

A former senior adviser to the U.S. Federal Reserve, John Harold Rogers, was arrested on charges he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of China, the Justice Department announced on Friday.

John Harold Rogers, who worked as a senior adviser in the Fed board’s international finance division from 2010 until 2021, was charged with conspiracy to commit economic espionage and with making false statements, according to an indictment from the Department of Justice.