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Watch the documentary HERE One week after a friendly summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, CNBC details an aggressive plot by China to infiltrate one of the United States' most important institutions. CNBC's gripping documentary, "Inside Man: How Chinese Spies Used Lies, Love and Betrayal to Target the Fed," delves into the incredible saga of a Chinese spy's effort to obtain secrets from the inner confines of the Federal Reserve.
It's a tale of sex, money, deceit and betrayal that put some of the country's vital economic and financial secrets at risk. With exclusive access to new documents, audio, photos and text messages, CNBC's Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers uncovers the story of former Fed economist John Rogers and a Chinese spy posing as an economics student who he befriended in 2013. CNBC reports that the Chinese intelligence officer spent the next decade enmeshing himself into Rogers' life and became one of Rogers' most trusted friends in order to learn detailed information about the Fed.
"Inside Man" is a spy story at the heart of the competition for global economic dominance, posing the question of whether Rogers was a spy himself or an unwitting dupe. To learn more about the story, visit: cnbc.com/2026/09/30/john-rogers-fed-china-espionage-case.html
Source: CNBC
