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发帖数: 1 | 1 http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/maryland-nuclear-engineer-and-spouse-arrested-espionage-related-charges
Maryland Nuclear Engineer and spouse arrested on espionage-related charges
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in
Jefferson County, West Virginia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, October 9,
2021. They will have their initial appearances on Tuesday, October 12,
2021, in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia. For almost a year,
Jonathan Toebbe, 42, aided by his wife, Diana, 45, sold information known as
Restricted Data concerning the design of nuclear powered warships to a
person they believed was a representative of a foreign power. In actuality,
that person was an undercover FBI agent. The Toebbes have been charged in a
criminal complaint alleging violations of the Atomic Energy Act.
“The complaint charges a plot to transmit information relating to the
design of our nuclear submarines to a foreign nation,” said Attorney
General Merrick B. Garland. “The work of the FBI, Department of Justice
prosecutors, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Department of
Energy was critical in thwarting the plot charged in the complaint and
taking this first step in bringing the perpetrators to justice.”
Jonathan Toebbe is an employee of the Department of the Navy who served as a
nuclear engineer and was assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program,
also known as Naval Reactors. He held an active national security clearance
through the U.S. Department of Defense, giving him access to Restricted Data
. Toebbe worked with and had access to information concerning naval nuclear
propulsion including information related to military sensitive design
elements, operating parameters, and performance characteristics of the
reactors for nuclear powered warships.
The complaint affidavit alleges that on April 1, 2020, Jonathan Toebbe sent
a package to a foreign government, listing a return address in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, containing a sample of Restricted Data and instructions for
establishing a covert relationship to purchase additional Restricted Data.
The affidavit also alleges that, thereafter, Toebbe began corresponding via
encrypted email with an individual whom he believed to be a representative
of the foreign government. The individual was really an undercover FBI agent
. Jonathan Toebbe continued this correspondence for several months, which
led to an agreement to sell Restricted Data in exchange for thousands of
dollars in cryptocurrency.
On June 8, 2021, the undercover agent sent $10,000 in cryptocurrency to
Jonathan Toebbe as “good faith” payment. Shortly afterwards, on June 26,
2021, Jonathan and Diana Toebbe traveled to a location in West Virginia.
There, with Diana Toebbe acting as a lookout, Jonathan Toebbe placed an SD
card concealed within half a peanut butter sandwich at a pre-arranged “dead
drop” location. After retrieving the SD card, the undercover agent sent
Jonathan Toebbe a $20,000 cryptocurrency payment. In return, Jonathan
Toebbe emailed the undercover agent a decryption key for the SD Card. A
review of the SD card revealed that it contained Restricted Data related to
submarine nuclear reactors. On August 28, 2021, Jonathan Toebbe made
another “dead drop” of an SD card in eastern Virginia, this time
concealing the card in a chewing gum package. After making a payment to
Toebbe of $70,000 in cryptocurrency, the FBI received a decryption key for
the card. It, too, contained Restricted Data related to submarine nuclear
reactors. The FBI arrested Jonathan and Diana Toebbe on October 9, after he
placed yet another SD card at a pre-arranged “dead drop” at a second
location in West Virginia.
Trial Attorneys Matthew J. McKenzie and S. Derek Shugert,
Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, U.S. Department of Justice,
National Security Division, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarod J. Douglas and
Lara Omps-Botteicher, Northern District of West Virginia, and Special
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Lieber Smolar, Western District of
Pennsylvania, are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The FBI
and the NCIS investigated.
A complaint is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless
and until proven guilty. | w******a
发帖数: 64 | 2 是哪个国家这么大胆
赶在美国眼皮子底下干坏事？
是不是被钓鱼执法了？ | P**T
发帖数: 2274 | 3 本来就是钓鱼执法，爱抚逼矮都承认了
现在米弟变穷了，所以对白皮子都要来个随机测试，看看谁敢有二心
: 是哪个国家这么大胆
: 赶在美国眼皮子底下干坏事？
: 是不是被钓鱼执法了？
【在 w******a 的大作中提到】
: 是哪个国家这么大胆
: 赶在美国眼皮子底下干坏事？
: 是不是被钓鱼执法了？
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