National security To the Ministry of Justice in a statement that them "Conspiracy to sell confidential and defensive information that could endanger men and women in the military and security been united at risk".
The merit of the case
- Jonathan Toby has been designing reactors since 2012, according to the court filing subtitles Virginia-class, the latest generation of attack submarines in the world US fleet.
- In April 2020 he sent a parcel to another country containing the first documents with instructions for making contact.
- The engineer then wrote in his letter: "I apologize for this bad translation in your language"and promised to deliver "Information of great value".
- The judicial authorities did not specify which country contacted Toby, but the New York Times said so Brazil.
- In December 2020, the package arrived at the United States Federal Police officer in that country.
- The FBI then called the engineer, pretending to be a representative of the country he wanted to collaborate with, and went so far as to leave a mark at his embassy in Washington to prove to Toby that his interlocutor was not an investigator.
- Toby received payments between June and August Cryptocurrency $ 100,000 in exchange for delivering confidential information on American Navy.
- This data was stored on coded cards that the couple placed in predetermined locations, hidden in a peanut butter sandwich, bubble gum packet, or blindfold.
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Jonathan Toby, 44, and his wife Diana, 46, were arrested in October 2021 and pleaded guilty to the charges.
The judge sentenced his wife to a longer prison term because she tried to downplay her role and needed more time to accept the admission of her responsibilities.
Matthew Olsen, who oversees the files, said: National security The Justice Department said in a statement that it “conspired to sell confidential information that could endanger men and women in the military and security of the country.” been united at risk.”
The merit of the case
- Jonathan Toby has been designing reactors since 2012, according to the court filing subtitles Virginia-class, the latest generation of attack submarines in the world US fleet.
- In April 2020 he sent a parcel to another country containing the first documents with instructions for making contact.
- “I apologize for this bad translation into your language”, wrote the engineer at the time, and promised to provide “information of great value”.
- The judicial authorities did not specify which country contacted Toby, but the New York Times said so Brazil.
- In December 2020, the package arrived at the United States Federal Police officer in that country.
- The FBI then called the engineer, pretending to be a representative of the country he wanted to collaborate with, and went so far as to leave a mark at his embassy in Washington to prove to Toby that his interlocutor was not an investigator.
- Toby received payments between June and August Cryptocurrency $ 100,000 in exchange for delivering confidential information on American Navy.
- This data was stored on coded cards that the couple placed in predetermined locations, hidden in a peanut butter sandwich, bubble gum packet, or blindfold.
