FBI offers $200K reward in search for ex-Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist accused of spying for Iran, who defected to the country nearly a decade ago.

Monica Witt was indicted in February 2019 by a Washington, D.C., federal grand jury on espionage charges, stemming from allegations that she transmitted classified national defense information to the Iranian government.

Daniel Wierzbicki, special agent in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Counterintelligence and Cyber Division, said in a Thursday statement that Witt “allegedly betrayed her oath to the Constitution” by “defecting to Iran and providing the Iranian regime National Defense Information and likely continues to support their nefarious activities.”

“The FBI has not forgotten and believes that during this critical moment in Iran’s history, there is someone who knows something about her whereabouts,”........

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