The Justice Department charged an Iranian national for spearheading a years-long campaign to infect thousands of computers associated with federal agencies defense firms.
A Virginia lobbyist and a New Jersey political consultant each have entered into Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) to resolve allegations that they failed to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and committed related offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Kurt Ronnow, of the FBI Washington Field Office Counterintelligence Division, and Assistant U.S. Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen.
A U.S. Navy service member pleaded guilty this month to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in exchange for bribery payments.
Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, a former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in western Washington was arrested this month on an indictment charging him with two federal felonies: attempt to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information.