US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged Over Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto

US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged Over Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
A nuclear engineer employed by the Department of the Navy and his wife have been charged with attempting to sell restricted data to an undercover government agent in exchange for the privacy-centric crypto monero.According to a criminal complaint filed Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Maryland, had been engaged in a conspiracy to sell information relating to the design of U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign nation, referred to as COUNTRY1 in the complaint and supporting affidavit.Jonathan Toebbe, an engineer assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, held an active national security…