Prosecutors drop element of ‘prejudicing Australia’s national security’ in charge against Alexander Csergo

Advertising and technology executive Alexander Csergo is alleged to have written reports for two Chinese nationals in exchange for envelopes of cash. Composite: LinkedIn / Australian Federal Police

A Sydney businessman accused of foreign interference over a series of reports he wrote for two Chinese nationals did not act in a way that “prejudiced Australia’s national security”, a court has heard.

Alexander Csergo, 56, has spent nearly a year in custody after he was arrested at his Bondi home last April and charged with one count of foreign interference.