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WIFE OF MARYLAND NUCLEAR ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO ESPIONAGE

The plea deal comes just days after her husband, Jonathan Toebbe, pleaded guilty
to the same espionage-related offense on Monday.



Homeland Security police officers stand outside of the U.S. District Courthouse
were Jonathan and Diana Toebbe have their hearing in Martinsburg, W.Va., Oct.
12, 2021. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

By Myah Ward

02/18/2022 01:53 PM EST

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A Maryland woman pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring with her husband in his
attempt to sell U.S. nuclear secrets to a foreign government.

Diana Toebbe plea deal comes just days after her husband, Jonathan Toebbe,
pleaded guilty to the same espionage-related offense on Monday. Diana Toebbe
will be sentenced to a maximum of 36 months, or three years, in federal prison,
while her husband will be sentenced to between about 12.5 and 17.5 years in
federal prison.



“From on or about April 1, 2020 through Oct. 9, 2021, in Jefferson County,
W.Va., and elsewhere, I conspired with Diana Toebbe to transmit restricted data
to a foreign nation in exchange for payment,” Jonathan Toebbe told Magistrate
Judge Robert Trumble during a hearing on Monday afternoon in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Jonathan Toebbe, a nuclear engineer, and his wife, Dianna, a teacher, of
Annapolis, Md., were arrested on Oct. 9 after undercover FBI agents exchanged
$100,000 in cryptocurrency for highly sensitive nuclear submarine secrets that
were stored on memory cards hidden in gum wrappers, peanut butter sandwiches and
Band-Aid wrappers and stashed at drop sites in West Virginia, Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Diana Toebbe served as a lookout for her husband at multiple “dead
drop” locations, a Justice Department press release said Friday.



The Toebbes have been kept in detention since this fall, deemed flight risks by
the Justice Department. According to details unveiled during a hearing this
October, the Toebbes were prepared to leave the country if their activities were
discovered, armed with cash, rubber gloves, a cryptocurrency wallet and their
childrens’ passports.

While Jonathan Toebbe waived his right to challenge detention this fall, Diana
Toebbe’s lawyers had pushed for her release, suggesting there was no evidence
she had access to the nuclear information her husband had, the cryptocurrency or
his discussions with the FBI agent, who he apparently thought was a foreign
government. But the FBI and prosecutors maintained there was enough evidence to
suggest she was involved with his plan to sell the classified information for a
total of $5 million.


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