Fed official used Asian dating site, sent nude photos — and wound up blackmailed by alleged Chinese spy


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A former senior Federal Reserve official who sought love on an Asian dating site became entangled with an alleged Chinese spy — then got blackmailed over nude photos, according to a report. FBI agents arrested John Harold Rogers, 65, in his Washington, DC-area neighborhood in January 2025 as he walked his spaniel, Prada, just days before a planned trip to China with his wife and daughter, CNBC reported Wednesday. The longtime economist was acquitted of conspiring to commit economic espionage, but convicted of making false statements to investigators and sentenced in July to 38 months in federal prison. “The facts…

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