A Russian-born American citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has received a second 15-year prison sentence for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.
A Moscow court brought charges of espionage against Gene Spector in August 2023, although details about the case were not made public.
Spector, whose Russian name is Yevgeny Mironovich, local news agencies reported, was born in 1972 in Leningrad.
Formerly an executive at a medical equipment company in Russia, Spector was previously sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison in September 2022 for allowing bribes to an aide to former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
The aide, Anastasia Alekseyeva, was sentenced to 12 years in April for accepting bribes in the form of two expensive holiday trips abroad.
Dvorkovich was Deputy Prime Minister under Dmitri Medvedev from 2012-2018. He currently heads the international chess federation FIDE.
In recent years, Russia has detained and convicted several US dual nationals and US citizens. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in July and he was released in August as part of a prisoner swap along with former US Marine Paul Whelan.