In US, wife of Navy engineer too pleads guilty for 'selling Navy submarine secrets'

wife of former US Navy engineer, accused in case of espionage, has pleed guilty to allegedly selling United States Navy secrets abro. Diana Toebbe, a 46-year-old Annapolis, Maryland school teacher, submitted her plea to federal prosecutors just days after her husband Jonathan Toebbe, 43, also pleed guilty to espionage offense related to US nuclear-powered submarines to an undisclosed nation. Toebbe worked in Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program that gave him undeterred access to United States military-sensitive designs for reactors on nuclear-powered warships.

Diana Toebbe is expected to serve over three years in prison, while her husband Jonathan Toebbe is likely to have a prison term of slightly more than 12 years if convicted. plea requires duo to assist FBI in recovery of $100,000 in crypto-currency during investigation, CNN reported. Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Trumble accepted ir plea. judge will have option to change sentence than what was earlier decided by prosecutors.  two accused agree to cooperate with investigators, including sitting for a polygraph exam if requested, including access to ir electronic devices and bank accounts, according to plea. Diana agreed to help authorities retrieve $100,000 in Monero cryptocurrency. 

Diana Toebbe served as 'lookout' during espionage: Court document 

Diana Toebbe has acknowledged that she served as a "lookout" during espionage on US Navy by selling unclassified information in June, July, and October last year. She and her husband pleed guilty Friday in a federal courtroom in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Diana is guilty of one count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and is being surveilled by FBI. duo accused in spy case sent a foreign nation a package that offered to sell nuclear secrets, according to criminal complaint seen by CNN. 

two were arrested on October 9 last year at a location that was being tracked by United States investigative authorities. According to court document, Toebbes delivered SD cards concealed in a saran-wrapped peanut butter sandwiches that allegedly contained classified information about US Navy’s nuclear submarines at de-drop locations. secrets were handed to undercover federal agents. compromise of declassified was carried out at two separate locations, one in West Virginia and one in Pennsylvania. second time, duo hid data inside a packet of gum and a sealed Band-Aid wrapper on it before handing it over to foreign sources.