Espionage Case: Army Doctor, Wife Arrested for Trying to Sell Medical Secrets to Russia

After a U.S. naval engineer and his wife were arrested for trying to sell confidential data to another country, an army doctor and his wife were also arrested for trying to sell confidential information to Russia.

Jamie Lee Henry, an Army major who was also a doctor at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and his wife, Anna Gabrielian, were both indicted for conspiring to provide the Russian government with medical information about U.S. soldiers and their relatives.

NBC News reported that the two had been charged with offering sensitive information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian Embassy representative.

American Army Doctor, Wife Committed Act of Espionage With Loyalty Towards Russia

According to CNBC, Jamie Lee Henry was a staff internist at Fort Bragg, while his wife was a Russian-speaking anesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Henry is also the first known active-duty Army officer to come out as transgender in 2015.

Prosecutors alleged that the couple had met with the purported Russian representative multiple times. On August 17, they met with the undercover FBI agent at a Baltimore Hotel. There, Anna Gabrielian admitted to what she thought was a Russian representative that she was motivated by patriotism toward Russia and said she was willing to provide any assistance to the country.

She also admitted that she wanted to do this even if it got her fired or arrested. Henry was also in on the act. He had secret-level security clearance while working at Fort Bragg, which meant he was the one who had access to some high-level secret documents.

According to a report by Becker's Hospital Review, Henry told the undercover FBI agents that he had committed to assisting Russia and was even looking to join the Russian Army after the conflict in Ukraine began.

He also said: "The way I am viewing what is going on in Ukraine now is that the United States is using Ukrainians as a proxy for their own hatred toward Russia."

The indictment against them noted that Gabrielian gave the agent medical information about the spouse of an Office of Naval Intelligence officer. The information highlighted a medical issue that Russia could exploit.

The two also provided information on at least five individuals who were patients at Fort Bragg. They include a retired Army officer, a current Department of Defense employee, the spouse of a U.S. Army veteran, and two spouses of deceased U.S. Army veterans.

Two Doctors Commits Espionage

It is still unclear whether the couple already has lawyers. However, NBC News reported that they face a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison on the conspiracy charge and a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for each count of disclosing health information.

Kim Hoppe, a spokesperson for Johns Hopkins Medicine, released a statement to the media and said that they are shocked by the developments and noted that they intend to fully cooperate with investigators.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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