Former Army Green Beret Sentenced for Russian Espionage Conspiracy

(DOJ) A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, admitted to conspiring with agents of a Russian intelligence service. According to court documents, from December 1996 to […]

Ph.D. Chemist Convicted of Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, Economic Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets and Wire Fraud

(DOJ) A federal jury in Greeneville, Tennessee, convicted a U.S. citizen today of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, economic espionage and wire fraud. Following a twelve-day trial, Dr. Xiaorong You, aka Shannon You, 59, of Lansing, Michigan, was convicted of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, conspiracy to commit economic espionage, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic […]

Hospital Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets and Sell to China

(DOJ) An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions. Yu Zhou, 51, of Dublin, Ohio, pleaded guilty in December 2020 to stealing scientific trade secrets related to exosomes and exosome isolation from Nationwide […]

Former Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Disclosing Classified Information

(DOJ) A former intelligence analyst and former military servicemember pleaded guilty today to illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. According to court records, Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as an enlisted airman in the U.S. Air Force from July 2009 to July 2013. After receiving language and […]

Defense Department Linguist Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid Hezbollah

(DOJ) A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty today to one count of delivering national defense information to aid a foreign government. According to court documents, Mariam Taha Thompson, 63, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, worked as a contract linguist at an overseas U.S. military facility where she was entrusted with a top secret government security clearance. Thompson pleaded […]

Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy

(DOJ) A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information. According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, a former member of the U.S. Army, allegedly conspired with agents of a Russian intelligence service. During that […]

Former CIA Officer Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Espionage

(DOJ) A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “In just over a year, we have convicted three Americans for committing espionage offenses on behalf of the Chinese government. Each […]

DIA Officer Ron Hansen sentenced to 10 years for attempted espionage

(DOJ) A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, who pleaded guilty in March to attempting to communicate, deliver, or transmit information involving the national defense of the United States to the People’s Republic of China, will serve 10 years in federal prison.  U.S. District Judge Dee Benson imposed the sentence Tuesday afternoon in Salt Lake […]

End of the Road for Harold the Hoarder – Government Contractor Sentenced to Prison

Hoarding highly classified documents in his home and car for more than 16 years — it’s the Intelligence Community’s episode of A&E’s Hoarders TV series. Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information (DOJ) Law Enforcement Recovered Classified Material, Stolen Over Two Decades, From the Defendant’s […]

Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Conspiring with Chinese Agents

Completely Corrupt Candace Claiborne gets 40 months in prison for selling out to the Chinese: (DOJ) Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $40,000 for: conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying […]

Former CIA/DIA Officer Kevin Mallory Gets 20 Years

Kevin Mallory, who had worked for the CIA and DIA as a staff employee and who worked for many government contractors, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for spying for China. (DOJ) Kevin Patrick Mallory, 62, of Leesburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison to be followed by five years of […]

Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage for China

(DOJ) A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of China. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant Director for Counterintelligence John Brown of […]

Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Foreign Agents

(DOJ) Defendant Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by: lying to law enforcement and background investigators, […]

Government Contractor Pleads Guilty To Willful Retention Of National Defense Information

An update to Harold the Hoarder (of classified information) case: (DOJ) Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of willful retention of national defense information. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Assistant Attorney General […]

Former Defense Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage

An update to the Ron Hansen case: (DOJ) Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, pleaded guilty today in the District of Utah in connection with his attempted transmission of national defense information to the People’s Republic of China. Sentencing is set for Sept. 24, […]

Former US Air Force Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran

Good grief–a AFOSI Special Agent defected to Iran??? (DOJ) Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to deliver and delivering national defense information to representatives of the Iranian government. Witt, who defected to Iran in […]