“Please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. I believe this information will be of great value to your nation. This is not a hoax,” a note inside the package reveals.
After verifying the confidential information, FBI agents posing as foreign spies began communicating by email with Toebbe.
In March, after several communications, Toebbe wrote he would provide the US top-secret documents for cryptocurrency payments. And the FBI sting operation took off.
Through his job, Toebbe had access to US nuclear secrets. And All of the memory cards allegedly passed to the FBI by Toebbe contain data, plans, and designs of Virginia-class nuclear submarines.
The FBI took the couple into custody when they showed up at the “dead drop” location in West Virginia.
US nuclear secrets for sale
On multiple occasions, the couple was making drop-offs of material at several locations. And Toebbe’s wife, Diana, a teacher, was acting as his “lookout,” according to authorities.
In some exchanges, peanut butter sandwiches were used. And other times Band-Aid wrappers and chewing gum packages had hidden SD memory cards.
