NordwaldeGermany’s ex-spy chief allegedly received 2,000 classified documents.
August Hanning allegedly used them to brief an officer of a foreign intelligence service.
The federal prosecutor says Manfred D, his former chief of staff, supplied them for payment until at least 2022.
Officials familiar with the case say they found no evidence of links to Russia.
Both suspects appear before an investigating judge Tuesday and Wednesday.
How each outlet framed it
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- Financial Times News
- details 16-year espionage operation (spring 2010+), documents 2,000 classified documents via serving BND chief of staff
- TEMPO.CO
- characterizes arrest as Germany's 'biggest espionage scandal of the century'
Sources: Financial Times News, TEMPO.CO