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The wife of a Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to sell submarine secrets to a foreign government has pleaded guilty to her role in the case.

The Justice Department says an engineer who worked for decades as a federal defense contractor has been arrested on charges of trying to pass classified information to someone he thought was a Russian agent but who was actually an undercover FBI employee

An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, latex gloves and a “go-bag” when they searched the home of a Maryland couple accused of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country

The Justice Department says a Maryland couple arrested earlier this month on charges of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country have been indicted

An Annapolis, Maryland, couple, Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe, charged in a federal espionage case will remain in federal custody for now.

Federal prosecutors are asking that a Navy engineer charged with trying to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country remain locked up as his case moves forward

According to a criminal complaint, nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe, who worked for the Navy, sold restricted information about the design of nuclear-powered warships.

The Pegasus spyware saga has embroiled several African governments and could prompt further diplomatic fallouts, experts say.