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FBI Offers $200K Reward for Ex-Air Force Spy Who Defected to Iran
The FBI says Witt remains at large and is seeking tips that could lead to her arrest and prosecution.
- On Thursday, the FBI announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Monica Witt, a former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with espionage for Iran.
- A former counterintelligence officer for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Witt defected to Iran in 2013 and was charged in 2019 with providing sensitive National Defense Information to the regime.
- Prosecutors alleged Witt revealed a "highly classified intelligence collection program" and the identity of a US intelligence officer to Tehran; Iranian officials provided her "goods and services, including housing and computer equipment."
- Special Agent Daniel Wierzbicki of the FBI Washington Field Office stated the agency believes Witt "likely continues to support" Iranian activities while remaining at large.
- The FBI warned Witt's information could empower the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has elements responsible for intelligence collection and support for terrorist organizations targeting United States interests.
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Cracking empire: FBI offer huge bounty for ex-military operative who defected to Iran
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a huge bounty for a former US military intelligence operative who defected to Iran. Monica Elfriede Witt is wanted on espionage charges. Witt used to work for air force intelligence and had high-level clearance. The FBI announced on 15 May that it was offering: a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. service member and counte…
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The FBI is re-launching Monica Witt's tracking, more than ten years after his disappearance. This former US Air Force intelligence specialist is accused of transmitting sensitive military secrets to Iran....
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