[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe, 42, and wife, Diana, 45, were charged Saturday with selling secret information to an unidentified foreign country
- The couple appeared in court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, today and were were ordered detained without bail until a detention hearing on Friday at 11am
- A preliminary examination hearing into their case is slated for Wednesday, October, 20, at 1pm
- Court records show that Toebbe unwittingly communicated with FBI agents about these secrets in a scheme that stretched from December 2020 until now
- Toebbe received separate cryptocurrency payments totaling $100,000, according to the Justice Department
- He and his wife have been charged with conspiracy and 'communication of restricted data,' according to a criminal complaint obtained by Dailymail.com
- Diana is a leftist who supports 'The Resistance' and Hilary Clinton and posted about 'stopping Donald Trump ', according to her social media posts
- Their social media accounts also reveal the couple organized a babysitter on Facebook so they could make their last secret drop of stolen intelligence before they were caught by the FBI
The Navy nuclear engineer and his wife accused of selling U.S. Navy submarine secrets to a foreign power could face a potential maximum penalty of life in prison.
The couple is being charged with violating the Atomic Energy Act, which restricts the disclosure of information related to atomic weapons or nuclear materials.
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