The Justice Division on Thursday accused an Military physician and a Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist of conspiring to supply the Russian authorities with medical details about U.S. troopers and their kinfolk.
The indictment names Jamie Lee Henry, an Military main at Fort Bragg who had a secret safety clearance, and Henry’s partner, Anna Gabrielian, a Russian-speaker who’s affiliated with Johns Hopkins, in response to a Hopkins webpage.
They’re charged with providing delicate data to an undercover FBI agent who was posing as a consultant of the Russian Embassy.
The indictment says the FBI realized that Gabrielian had volunteered help to Russia by means of its embassy in Washington.
Throughout an Aug. 17 assembly in a Baltimore resort room, Gabrielian advised the undercover FBI agent “she was motivated by patriotism towards Russia to supply any help she may to Russia, even when it meant being fired or going to jail,” the indictment alleges.
Gabrielian advised the agent that she had reached out to the Russian Embassy by e mail and cellphone, providing Russia help from each her and her partner, Henry, the indictment says.
She advised the agent that though Henry knew she was reaching out to the Russian Embassy on each their behalf, she didn’t point out Henry’s identify in her interactions with the Russian Embassy, and so Henry may declare ignorance.
The indictment refers to Henry as male, however Henry in 2015 went public as the primary overtly transgender Military officer. Marcia Murphy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. legal professional’s workplace in Baltimore, mentioned Henry referred to himself as a male in interactions with the undercover FBI agent.
Afterward Aug. 17, Gabrielian and Henry met with the secret agent, the indictment says. In keeping with the indictment, Henry described a dedication to helping Russia and had regarded into volunteering to hitch the Russian military after the battle in Ukraine started, however Russia needed individuals with fight expertise and Henry didn’t have any. The indictment says Henry added, “the way in which I’m viewing what’s going on in Ukraine now, is that america is utilizing Ukrainians as a proxy for their very own hatred towards Russia.”
On Aug. 31, in response to the indictment, the FBI agent met Gabrielian and Henry at a resort in Gaithersburg, Maryland, close to Washington, D.C.
Gabrielian gave the agent medical details about the partner of an individual employed by the Workplace of Naval Intelligence — and highlighted a medical subject that Russia may exploit, the indictment says.
Henry allegedly offered data on a minimum of 5 people who had been sufferers at Fort Bragg, together with a retired Military officer, a present Division of Protection worker, the partner of a U.S. Military veteran, and two spouses of deceased U.S. Military veterans.
Courtroom information say Gabrielian and Henry have been arrested — it was unclear whether or not they have legal professionals.
The defendants face a most sentence of 5 years in federal jail on the conspiracy cost and a most of 10 years in federal jail for every rely of revealing well being data.
In a press release, a spokesperson for Johns Hopkins Medication mentioned, “We had been shocked to study this information this morning and intend to completely cooperate with investigators.”
