Businessman Facing Spy Charge to Live With Elderly Mum

Published on June 29, 2024

A businessman accused of foreign interference has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor while he lives at his elderly mother’s home awaiting trial. Alexander Csergo was granted bail during a hearing at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on June 28, on conditions including that he surrender his passport and not approach any points of international departure. The 56-year-old has pleaded not guilty to one charge of reckless foreign interference after allegedly providing information to Chinese spies posing as think-tank workers. A trial date has been set for May 2025, a near-one-year wait that Judge Graham Turnbull said was the main factor in granting bail....

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