AccusĂ©e d'ĂȘtre une espionne pour l'Iran, cette spĂ©cialiste de l'armĂ©e de l'air amĂ©ricaine est activement recherchĂ©e par le FBI
Monica Witt, a U.S. Air Force specialist, is accused of spying for Iran. The FBI is offering $200,000 for information.
A betrayal of immense proportions. On Thursday, May 14, the FBI released a statement regarding Monica Witt, accused of spying for Iran. The agency indicated that it believed she "likely continued to support Iran's malign activities." A reward of $200,000 is being offered for information leading to her arrest.
"The FBI has not forgotten and believes that at this critical moment in Iranian history, someone has information about her whereabouts," said Daniel Wierzbicki, special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence and Cyber Defense Division of the FBI's Washington office, in a statement.
"The FBI wants to hear from you so that you can help us apprehend Witt and bring her to justice," he said.
Monica Witt was a former counterintelligence officer with the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations. From 2003 to 2008, her work consisted of counterintelligence missions that took her to the Middle East.
Monica Witt targeted and then recruited by Iran
In 2019, John Demers, then Deputy Attorney General, stated that Monica Witt had been targeted and recruited by Iran. She subsequently allegedly revealed to Iran the existence of a "highly classified intelligence-gathering program" and the identity of a U.S. intelligence officer.
In the indictment, prosecutors asserted that between January 2012 and May 2015, in Iran and elsewhere outside the United States, Monica Witt conspired with Iranians to provide "documents and information related to the national defense of the United States, with the intention and reason to believe that such documents and information would be used to the detriment of the United States and to the benefit of Iran."
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