Scientist enters guilty plea in Boeing documents case
A former Boeing Co. scientist pleaded guilty to taking secret documents home from work without authorization, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said.
Abraham Lesnik, 62, admitted to unauthorized possession of defense information, U.S. Atty. Thomas O’Brien said. Lesnik faces up to 10 years in prison at his Oct. 6 sentencing.
Lesnik worked at a Boeing facility in El Segundo until last year. He had unauthorized possession of 10 secret documents, including some related to space radars and one on “national defense satellite threat mitigation,” according to court papers.
“The government has established very strict rules to protect its secrets to protect our national security,” O’Brien said. “Dr. Lesnik violated these important secrecy rules on a regular basis.”
Marc Harris, Lesnik’s lawyer, declined to comment.
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