Toebbe continued this correspondence for several months, which led to an agreement to sell Restricted Data in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. The individual was really an undercover FBI agent. Toebbe began corresponding via encrypted email with an individual whom he believed to be a representative of the foreign government. NCIS remains committed to protecting that information to ensure the readiness of the Navy and Marine Corps.”Īccording to his plea, in April 2020, Toebbe sent a package to a foreign government, listing a return address in Pittsburgh, that contained a sample of Restricted Data and instructions for establishing a covert relationship to purchase additional Restricted Data.
“It’s this kind of technology that provides the Department of the Navy with capabilities unmatched by any of America’s adversaries. “The overarching mission of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is to prevent terrorism, reduce crime and protect secrets, with a very high priority on protecting vital information such as the design and operation of nuclear-powered warships,” said Special Agent in Charge Michelle Kramer of the NCIS Office of Special Projects. “My office will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to identify and hold accountable those who would pursue financial gain at the expense of their solemn duty to protect our country’s closely held secrets.” Attorney Cindy Chung for the Western District of Pennsylvania. “Today Jonathan Toebbe admitted that he violated federal law when he conspired with his wife to sell sensitive government information to a foreign power,” said U.S. “This case is an example of the hard work and diligence of the FBI and our federal partners to neutralize and hold accountable those people who threaten our national security.” “The FBI is relentless in its efforts to uncover those who seek to do our nation harm by targeting our most valuable secrets,” said Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office. “The FBI and its partners will use all our investigative techniques to bring you to justice.” of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. “There’s a message here for anyone who would sell out America’s secrets,” said Assistant Director Alan E. “They are talented and tenacious, and their work in this case has helped to make our country safer.”
Ihlenfeld II for the Northern District of West Virginia. “The agents and prosecutors handling this matter are to be commended for their efforts,” said U.S. "The Department of Justice will vigilantly protect the American people and our nation’s security by investigating and prosecuting those who violate their Constitutional oath and abuse their positions for personal gain.” Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The defendant was entrusted with some of those secrets and instead of guarding them, he betrayed the trust placed in him and conspired to sell them to another country for personal profit,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. government most zealously protects are those related to the design of its nuclear-powered warships. Toebbe worked with and had access to information concerning naval nuclear propulsion including information related to military sensitive design elements, operating parameters and performance characteristics of the reactors for nuclear powered warships. Restricted Data concerns design, manufacture or utilization of atomic weapons, or production of Special Nuclear Material (SNM), or use of SNM in the production of energy – such as naval reactors. He held an active national security clearance through the Department of Defense, giving him access to “Restricted Data” within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act. According to court documents, at the time of his arrest, Toebbe was an employee of the Department of the Navy who served as a nuclear engineer and was assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, also known as Naval Reactors. 9, 2021, after he placed an SD card at a pre-arranged “dead drop” at a location in West Virginia. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, of Annapolis, was arrested on Oct. A Maryland man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to communicate restricted data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person he believed was a representative of a foreign nation.
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