Detained American Paul Whelan's employer has Russian business ties

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Detained American Paul Whelan's employer has Russian business ties
Kristen Jordan Shamus and Deirdre Shesgreen, Detroit Free Press

Accused spy Paul Whelan says he entered Russia on BorgWarner visa. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press

Paul Whelan, the Michigan businessman accused of spying in Russia, entered the country on a business travel visa supported by BorgWarner Inc., he told his lawyers in Moscow.

Whelan, 49, of Novi was the director of global security for the Auburn Hills-based auto supplier when he traveled to Russia on Dec. 22 for the wedding of a friend. He was arrested six days later by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and charged with espionage.

He remains in a prison cell at Moscow's czarist-era Lefortovo Detention Facility, held without much more information about the accusations against him than he knew on the day when he was initially detained.

Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/10/paul-whelan-russia-spy-borgwarner-visa-michigan/1162833001/