Paul Whelan Age: How old is Paul Whelan?

Paul Nicholas Whelan is 52 years old as of 2022.

Paul Whelan celebrates his birthday every March 5. He was born on March 5, 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to British parents with Irish heritage.

Paul Nicholas Whelan is a former United States Marine Corps.

He enlisted in the Marine Reserves in 1994. He took military leave from Kelly Services to serve with the Marine Corps Reserve from 2003 to 2008, including service in Iraq.

Whelan held the rank of staff sergeant with Marine Air Control Group 38 working as an administrative clerk and administrative chief, and he was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Paul Whelan was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct in 2008 after being convicted of larceny.

The specific charges against him included attempting to steal more than $10,000 in 2006 in Iraq and using a false Social Security number to create a false account on a government computer system to grade his own examinations.

Following his discharge from the Marine, he worked as a director of global security and investigations for BorgWarner, an international automotive parts manufacturer based in Michigan.

Whelan was arrested in Russia on December 28, 2018, and charged with espionage by Russian intelligence officials.

On June 15, 2020, Paul Whelan was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison camp.