Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Former TSA employee faces prison over fake bomb notes
A former TSA employee faces up to five years in prison after allegedly leaving fake bomb threat notes in a Tulsa airport bathroom on two separate occasions last March, according to authorities. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced Tuesday, a former TSA employee made an initial appearance before the federal court for leaving notes in the…
Read MoreMarried Maryland doctors accused of conspiracy with ties to Russia have charges dismissed
Married Maryland doctors accused of a conspiracy case tied to Russia are having their charges dropped, according to our media partner The Baltimore Banner. Prosecutors moved too slow in re-trying a former Johns Hopkins doctor and her spouse, an Army major, according to the Banner. Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. Anna Gabrielian and her spouse Dr.…
Read MoreFormer CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, of Honolulu, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to gather and deliver national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). According to court documents, Ma and a blood relative of his (identified as co-conspirator #1 or CC #1) were naturalized U.S. citizens…
Read More3 Men Charged In The Uk With Assisting The Hong Kong Intelligence Service
British police have charged three men with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service amid growing concern that hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activity in the U.K. The three men were among 11 people arrested earlier this month in Yorkshire and London by counterterrorism police using provisions of a new law…
Read MorePolice Search Brussels Office Of Prominent Far-Right German Lawmaker Over China Spying Allegations
Authorities were searching the European parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels on Tuesday, Germany’s top prosecutor’s office said. Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has been under scrutiny after an assistant of his was arrested last month on suspicion of spying for…
Read MoreFormer NSA employee from Colorado sentenced to 21+ years for attempted espionage
A former National Security Agency employee was sentenced Monday to 262 months in prison for attempted espionage. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, of Colorado Springs was sentenced in connection with his efforts to transmit classified National Defense Information to an agent of the Russian Federation. Dalke pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified…
Read More3 Germans Arrested On Suspicion Of Spying For China, Transferring Info On Potential Military Tech
Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday. Prosecutors said the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some point before June 2022. They are also suspected of violating German export laws by exporting…
Read MoreGermany arrests two for alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia
Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks, including on U.S. military facilities, in a serious effort to undermine military support for Ukraine, officials said on Thursday. Authorities have searched the homes and workplaces of the two suspects who stand accused of working for a foreign secret service. One…
Read MoreDallas doctor convicted in IV bag tampering that led to death and cardiac emergencies
A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients, federal prosecutors said. A jury convicted Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 60, of four counts…
Read MoreBishop charged with arson in connection to 2021 Old Louisville church fire
A Louisville bishop was indicted on one count of first degree arson by a grand jury Monday after being accused of setting fire to his own church nearly three years ago, according to a news release from the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Jefferson County. The fire occurred on the night of March 13,…
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