Wife of Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Role in Sub Secrets Conspiracy

Virginia-class submarine USS Vermont (SSN-792) as she returns home to Submarine Base New London on Thursday, on Dec. 24, 2020. US Navy Photo

An Annapolis, Md., woman pleaded guilty to attempting to sell secrets about U.S. submarines to a foreign country, days after her husband pleaded guilty to the same charge.

Diana Toebbe appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia Friday in order to plea guilty to her role in a conspiracy to sell classified information about the Virginia-class...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/18/wife-of-navy-nuclear-engineer-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-sub-secrets-conspiracy

Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Sell Sub Secrets

211126-N-ME396-1050 GROTON, Conn. (Nov. 26, 2021) Tugboats guide USS Minnesota (SSN 783) to the pier as the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to Naval Submarine Base New London following a regularly-scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy Photo

An Annapolis, Md., man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to give confidential information about the Virginia-class submarine to an unnamed country.

Jonathan Toebbe appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia at 3 p.m. to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/14/navy-nuclear-engineer-pleads-guilty-to-attempting-to-sell-sub-secrets

Attack Boat New Jersey Christened as Sub Construction Continues Pandemic Recovery

Ship’s sponsor Susan DiMarco christens attack submarine New Jersey (SSN-796) on Nov. 13, 2021 at Newport News Shipbuilding. Also pictured (left to right) are Cmdr. Carlos Otero ship’s commanding officer; retired Adm. Michael Mullen and Jennifer Boykin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding. HII Photo

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Nuclear attack boat New Jersey (SSN-796) was christened on Saturday as shipbuilder Newport News continues to recover from the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on submarine...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/13/attack-boat-new-jersey-christened-as-sub-construction-continues-pandemic-recovery

Annapolis Couple Pleads Not Guilty to Selling Sub Secrets; FBI Can’t Find $100K in Payments

Virginia-class submarine Washington (SSN-787) under construction in 2016 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Va. HII Photo

An Annapolis couple charged with stealing submarine secrets in an effort to pass them to another country pleaded not guilty in federal court on Tuesday.

Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe are both facing a charge of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and two counts of communicating restricted data. They appeared in the District Court of Northern West Virginia Wednesday for an...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/20/annapolis-couple-pleads-not-guilty-to-selling-sub-secrets-fbi-cant-find-100k-in-payments

Annapolis Couple Charged with Selling Submarine Secrets Appear in Court, Detention Hearings Scheduled for Friday

Submarine construction continues apace in the latest US Navy budget request, which asks for two more Virginia-class submarines and another installment for the missile sub Columbia. Here, the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) is seen just after launch in March 2021 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding. HII Photo

The initial hearings for an Annapolis, Md., couple charged with violating the Atomic Energy Act each lasted four minutes, with the couple released into the...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/12/annapolis-couple-charged-with-selling-submarine-secrets-appear-in-court-detention-hearings-scheduled-for-friday

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