« Please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency, » the letter read. « I believe this information will be of great value to your nation. This is not a hoax. »
A nuclear engineer with the U.S. Navy stands accused of trying to sell secrets about the country’s nuclear submarines to a foreign nation in exchange for cryptocurrency payments. The espionage scheme was uncovered by the FBI late last year and a criminal complaint was subsequently filed against engineer Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diane Toebe in West Virginia, according to The Washington Post. The complaint alleged that Toebbe « has passed, and continues to pass, Restricted Data as defined by the Atomic Energy Act… to a foreign government… with the witting assistance of his spouse, » according to court documents that were unsealed on Sunday. The FBI became aware of the scheme in December when it received a package delivered to a foreign nation, the Post reported. It contained several documents pertaining to U.S. Naval operations, a letter, and an explanation of how to encrypt further communications. « Please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency, » the letter read.
