Not only is Paul Whelan sitting in a Moscow jail, charged with espionage—the Michigan resident is also out of a job. Auto parts supplier BorgWarner eliminated Whelan’s position as director of global security in a corporate restructuring, The Detroit News reported. Whelan’s brother David said the termination “increases the strain on our family’s ability to keep some semblance of his former life ready for when he returns home.” Russia says it caught Whelan with a flash drive that contained state secrets on a visit to Moscow a year ago; he insists he is not a spy and was set up by a Russian friend.
