State Dept IT contractor charged with espionage
"It's time to continue ur support," a foreign contact wrote to Abraham Teklu Lemma in 2022, court files said. "Roger that!" he allegedly replied.
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"It's time to continue ur support," a foreign contact wrote to Abraham Teklu Lemma in 2022, court files said. "Roger that!" he allegedly replied.
"It's time to continue ur support," a foreign contact wrote to Abraham Teklu Lemma in 2022, court files said. "Roger that!" he allegedly replied.
A government contractor with the State and Justice departments who had top security clearance was charged Thursday with aiding a foreign government spy.
Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, an Ethiopian-born naturalized US citizen living in Silver Spring, Maryland, could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage. He was arrested last month.
The Justice Department's inspector general, and the State Department's security service are investigating the matter.