Paul Whelan (security director)
Paul Nicholas Whelan is a Canadian-born former United States Marine with U.S., British, Irish, and Canadian citizenship. Whelan left the Marines in 2008 with a bad conduct discharge after being convicted on multiple counts "related to larceny".
Some of the key events about Paul Whelan (security director)
- 1988Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve
- 1990Deployed to Iraq during Operation Desert Storm
- 1994Graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice
- 1994Discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps for bad conduct after being convicted of attempted larceny
- 2001Began working as a police officer in Chelsea, Michigan
- 2006Started employment at Kelly Services as a senior manager of global security and investigations
- 2006Arrested in Calhoun County, Michigan for attempted theft using false pretenses
- 2008Convicted of misdemeanor charges related to larceny and using a computer to commit a crime
- 2010Joined auto parts manufacturer BorgWarner as director of global security
- 2011Discharged from his position as a police officer in Chelsea, Michigan
- 2013Received a bad conduct discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
- 2017Achieved the rank of staff sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve
- 2018Visited Russia multiple times to assist fellow Marines learning the language and culture
- 2018Attended a fellow Marine's wedding in Moscow
- 2018Arrested in Moscow, Russia on suspicion of espionage
- 2019Maintained a positive attitude and continued to advocate for his release while detained in Russia
- 2019Formally charged with espionage by Russian authorities
- 2020Convicted of espionage charges in a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in prison
- 2022Transferred to a high-security penal colony in Mordovia, Russia
- 2023Denied appeal to reduce his 16-year prison sentence by a Russian court
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