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A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife, accused of attempting to pass Navy secrets to a foreign government, pleaded not guilty Wednesday on national security charges.
Jonathan Toebbe, a Navy nuclear engineer, and his wife, Diana, were arrested on espionage charges. The couple pleaded not guilty in federal court in West Virginia. They face life in prison if convicted.
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, charged with trying to sell classified nuclear secrets to a foreign power, struggled with finances, family and the state of America.
A Navy engineer and his wife, accused of selling nuclear secrets to an undisclosed foreign power, pose a flight risk, prosecutors said ahead of the couple’s first federal court appearance.
Jonathan Toebbe allegedly provided undercover agents information about the nuclear reactors for the Virginia-class of fast attack submarines in exchange for thousands of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency according to a court document.