A former U.S. Navy engineer pleaded guilty on Monday to attemptign to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Jonathan Toebbe, 43, admitted to a federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to conspiring with his wife to pass on restricted data, a violation of the Atomic Energy Act that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Toebbe’s wife, Diana, 45, who was charged with helping her husband, is still facing criminal charges. She has pleaded not guilty. At the time of his arrest on Oct. 9, 2021, Toebbe was assigned to the Navy’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, also known as Naval Reactors, which gave him access to restricted data, including information related to the design of its nuclear-powered warships, according to court documents. The Justice Department said that for several months, Toebbe was in contact with an an undercover FBI …
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