A former senior adviser at the US Federal Reserve who took nude photographs of himself on his Fed-issued phone, some in the gym at the central bank's Washington headquarters, was blackmailed over the images and later jailed for lying to investigators about his ties to China.
John Harold Rogers, now 65, was sentenced on 15 July to 38 months in federal prison and 12 months of supervised release for making false statements, the Justice Department said. A jury convicted him on 3 February 2026 but acquitted him of conspiracy to commit economic espionage. Prosecutors had sought 60 months.
