(Oct 11): The U.S. arrested a Navy Department employee and his wife on spying-related charges after they allegedly sold restricted data on nuclear-powered submarines to an FBI agent posing as a foreign official. The package’s contents were obtained in December by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attache in the foreign country, according to the government’s criminal complaint, which didn’t identify the country. Materials he provided to the undercover agent include schematic designs for the Virginia-class submarine, according to the complaint. Over several months, the undercover agent sent a total of US$100,000 in cryptocurrency to Toebbe, who dropped off two SD cards containing restricted data related to submarine nuclear reactors, according to the DOJ. The FBI arrested the couple on Saturday after Jonathan Toebbe placed another SD card at a “dead drop” in West Virginia.

Source: The Edge Markets October 10, 2021 23:48 UTC