Former Army Green Beret Sentenced for Russian Espionage Conspiracy
Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
Washington, DC - A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced yesterday to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information.
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, admitted to conspiring with agents of a Russian intelligence service. According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Debbins periodically visited Russia and met with Russian intelligence agents. In 1997, Debbins was assigned a code name by Russian intelligence agents and signed a statement attesting that he wanted to serve Russia.