Navy Engineer Charged for Sandwich”Dead Drop”
10/10/2021- 7:14 p.m.
Peanut Butter Secret Crime: Navy Engineer Charged for Sandwich”Dead Drop”
The engineer who hid a memory card with classified files in a peanut butter sandwich in West Virginia has been charged with attempting to sell nuclear submarine secrets.
It’s alleged Jonathan Toebbe received cryptocurrency payments worth around $100,000. It’s said he sent restricted data to an unidentified country last year, before selling secrets to an undercover FBI agent who posed as a foreign official. (DoJ)
In one instance, the 42-year-old hid a digital memory card with details about nuclear reactors in half a sandwich at a drop point, while his wife stood as a lookout.
