Diana Toebbe, humanities instructor at The Key School, and her husband Jonathan Tobee have been arrested on espionage allegations.
A couple from the United States has been arrested in West Virginia for allegedly selling knowledge on a nuclear battleship to a foreign state.
The government claims Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana sold information to a foreign power representative for nearly a year, beginning in April 2020, as per the criminal complaint detailing espionage-related allegations against them.
The FBI agents said that they attempted to transmit the information to a foreign country by enclosing a memory card in a peanut butter sandwich.
However, they had no idea, they were dealing with undercover agents.
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Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehended both of them. In a criminal complaint, they were also accused of breaching the Atomic Energy Act, a statement, the Justice Department stated.
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It has been confirmed Diana is a humanities instructor as per the court documents. The Key School in Annapolis also acknowledged she was a member of its Upper School staff for ten years in a statement released Sunday afternoon.
Likewise, the school’s head, Matthew Nespole, said in a statement that the accusations had left him “shocked and disgusted.” He stated that the school was unaware of the couple’s suspected illicit actions but that if requested, it would assist the inquiry.
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After transmitting vital secret material to an unknown foreign nation in December 2020, a month after the 2020 election, Diana and Jonathan Toebbe were charged with espionage and violating the Atomic Energy Act.
According to a federal court document, the stolen information included “military sensitive design components, operational parameters, and performance characteristics of Virginia class submarine reactors.”
They were arrested on the 9th of October 2021, (Saturday) in West Virginia after he dropped off a removable memory card to a predetermined ‘dead drop’ in the state.
It’s unknown how many counts the couple, who has two children, is dealing with. In the United States, however, espionage carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Toebbe, on the other hand, had hoped that if he was ever tracked down, the foreign government would be able to remove him and his family, adding that they have passports and funds set aside for this reason.