Canadian spy sentenced to 20 years in prison

Canadian spy sentenced to 20 years in prison

Jeffrey Delisle pleaded guilty to breach of trust and has admitted that he has also brought information that could harm the nation's interests.

He is also ordered to pay a fine of $ 111,817, it will be exactly what he got from the Russians for the information he supplied, reports Reuters.

The 41-year-old ensign worked in a security department in Halifax was watching ship traffic in and out of Canadian waters.

Broken marriage

Jeffrey Delisle said to be unhappy that his marriage was about to collapse, when in July 2007, in the Russian embassy in Ottawa and said he had secrets to sell.

He was arrested in 2012.

He testified that he copied documents onto floppy disks and copied them again over the sticks. They took him home and sent copies of documents meant to his private e-mail account that he had on a server in Egypt. The Russian embassy had access to the same account and retrieved documents there.

For this Delisle paid 3000 dollars per month.

Was monitored

In 2011, the Russians gave him permission to travel to Rio de Janeiro. He was unhappy over the failed marriage, overweight, sick with diabetes and had to pay contributions for the three children, writes CBCnews .

In Rio he met his Russian contact who gave him $ 50,000 cash and he was told that he was going to be a spy on a par with many others in Western countries.

On the journey home, U.S. immigration authorities aware of him for some reason and Canadian authorities were tipped off.

Then, every move watched and Delisle made ​​on 13 January last year, he was arrested.

His mother, his sister and his daughter were present in the courtroom when the verdict was read.

During hearings last week it was announced that Canada's allies had threatened to withhold intelligence information, if not improve their security policies.

Canada sharing sensitive information with U.S., UK, New Zealand and Australia.