Us Judge Sentences Couple To Long Sentences For Scheme To Sell Naval Secrets Espionage
U.S. District Judge Gina Groh sentenced Jonathan Toebe to more than 19 years and his wife, Diana Toebe, to nearly 22 years. In August, he had rejected earlier deals that called for lower sentencing guidelines. The couple, from Annapolis, Maryland, and their lawyers described the defendants’ battles with mental health and alcohol problems and said they were concerned about the political climate when they secretly sold $100,000 in cryptocurrency. Groh said their story “reads like a crime novel or a movie script” and that Jonathan Toebbe’s “actions and greedy intentions put military service members at sea and every citizen of this country in a vulnerable position and in danger damage from opponents”....