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US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged Over Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
Summary: A nuclear engineer employed by the Department of the Navy and his wife have been charged with attempting to sell restricted data to an undercover government agent in exchange for the privacy-centric crypto monero. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Maryland, had ...
A nuclear engineer employed by the Department of the Navy and his wife have been charged with attempting to sell restricted data to an undercover government agent in exchange for the privacy-centric crypto monero. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Maryland, had been engaged in a conspiracy to sell information relating to the design of U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign nation, referred to as COUNTRY1 in the complaint and supporting affidavit.
Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe, attempted to sell the restricted data on three occasions from June 8 to Oct. 9, 2021, according the the complaint. The Toebbes had received a total of $100,000 in monero before they were arrested by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in West Virginia on Saturday, the complaint reads. The Toebbes will appear via the federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia on Tuesday.
By Amy Liu
Tags: Crypto,FBI,Naval
Link: US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged Over Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto [Copy]
