His alleged accomplice testified extensively in the proceedings. The accused BND employee preferred to remain silent. Until now.
In the trial on suspicion of Russian espionage, the accused employee of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) denied the allegations.
His defense attorney Johannes Eisenberg explained on behalf of his client Carsten L. (53) before the Berlin Court of Appeal: “The defendant did not want to and did not betray the BND.” The Federal Prosecutor’s Office accuses the BND employee, who has been sworn to secrecy since 2007, and the co-defendant businessman Arthur E. (33) of treason in a particularly serious case.
They are said to have given secret documents and information from the BND to the Russian domestic secret service FSB. According to the indictment, they received an “agent’s wage” of 450,000 euros or 400,000 euros. The two Germans are in custody.
Arthur E. presented his views before the 6th Criminal Senate in January and February. Around four months after the trial began, Carsten L. commented on it for the first time. The BND employee disputed the co-defendant’s descriptions through his defense attorney. At the times mentioned there were no meetings at which secret documents were handed over. The money that was seized from him in a safe deposit box was the private savings of Carsten L. and his wife, the statement said.
Source: Stern
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