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a person who was previously employed warsaw The city council was accused of espionage in the registry of births, marriages and deaths for allegedly providing Russia with false identities that could be used by its spies, polish officials said on Thursday.
The man, identified as Tomasz L., was indicted on charges of espionage and abuse of power, in line with Polish privacy laws, the Polish Internal Security Agency wrote in a statement Thursday.
Authorities allege the man provided intelligence to Russia from 2017 to 2022, when he worked in the archives of the civil registry of the Warsaw Municipality.
According to Polish prosecutors, the man is believed to have copied civil records of Polish and foreign citizens, allowing foreign intelligence services to create fake identity cards for their agents abroad.
Tomasz L. was detained by Polish authorities in March 2022. According to the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, his arrest provided authorities with information that contributed to the expulsion of Russian diplomats the same month.
Polish authorities have charged dozens of individuals with espionage or subversion moscow Since Russia’s full-scale invasion ukraine Starting in 2022.