Kevin Patrick Mallory is a self-employed consultant with GlobalEx LLC and former Central Intelligence Agency officer. ^{[2] [1] [0]}On June 22, 2017, Mallory was charged with providing top secret documents to Chinese intelligence officials in exchange for cash and lying to FBI agents about the incident. ^{[2] [0] [1]}

From 1987 to 1990, Mallory was employed as a special agent for the State Department Diplomatic Security Service, then went on to various government agencies before leaving government in 2012. ^{[2] [1] [0]}

From April until May 2017, Mallory made false statements to law enforcement officers about transmitting the top secret documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.

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He was formally charged in federal court on June 22, 2017, with making materially false statements to the FBI and gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government. ^{[2] [1] [0]}

If convicted of the first charge, Mallory faces a maximum of five years in a federal penitentiary.

The second charge carries a punishment of the death penalty or a maximum life sentence. ^{[2] [1] [0]}