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A spouse and husband from Maryland have been charged with conspiring to supply the Russian authorities with private medical data from the US authorities and army, in keeping with a newly unsealed federal indictment.
Anna Gabrielian, an anesthesiologist practising in Baltimore, alongside together with her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, a serious and physician within the US Military, allegedly supplied “individually identifiable well being data,” which is protected underneath federal legislation, to an FBI secret agent posing as a Russian authorities worker.
Each Gabrielian and Henry had been arrested Thursday morning, in keeping with the US Legal professional’s workplace within the District of Maryland.
In keeping with the indictment, Gabrielian was contacted by the secret agent – who claimed to be an worker of the Russian embassy – in August, after Gabrielian had reached out to the Russian embassy to supply her and her husband’s help to the Russian authorities a number of months earlier.
CNN is reaching out to the defendants. No attorneys have been listed in court docket data. The Justice Division has not responded to a request for remark.
Throughout a gathering with the secret agent in a Baltimore resort, in keeping with the indictment, Gabrielian stated she was “motivated by patriotism towards Russia” and needed to supply help even when it meant risking jail time. She additionally allegedly informed the secret agent that her husband might present data on how the US army units up hospitals throughout battle and on coaching supplied to the Ukrainian army, and warned that any data they pulled wanted to be “massively vital” because of the danger of being uncovered.
In a separate assembly, Henry claimed to have “seemed into volunteering to hitch the Russian Military after the battle in Ukraine started,” however didn’t have the mandatory fight expertise, in keeping with the indictment. Henry has a “Secret” degree safety clearance, the indictment says.
Gabrielian and Henry each instructed that they supply the secret agent with medical data from members of the US army and their households from Fort Bragg, the place Henry was stationed as a employees internist, in addition to from the medical establishment the place Gabrielian labored in Baltimore, the indictment alleges.
Henry, the indictment says, supplied to the secret agent throughout an August assembly the well being data of a US Military officer, Division of Protection worker, and the spouses of three Military veterans, two of whom are deceased. The indictment additionally alleges that Gabrielian conspired to supply the medical data of “the partner of a authorities worker and army veteran.”
Gabrielian additionally made plans for her, her husband and their kids to flee to Turkey and gave a canopy story to the secret agent to elucidate their communications, in keeping with the indictment.
“I don’t need to finish in jail right here with my youngsters being hostages over my head,” she allegedly informed the secret agent.
In one other assembly, Gabrielian allegedly informed the secret agent that her husband was a “coward” and was frightened about violating HIPAA – the Well being Insurance coverage Portability and Accountability Act.
She additionally beneficial Henry learn a ebook from the Nineteen Eighties about how Russian spies had been skilled and recruited in the course of the Soviet Union so as to put together, in keeping with the indictment.
“As a result of it’s the mentality of sacrificing every thing,” Gabrielian allegedly informed the secret agent about recommending the ebook, “and loyalty in you from day one. That’s not one thing you walked away from.”
Henry informed the secret agent that if the US had been to declare battle in opposition to Russia, “at that time, I’ll have some moral points I’ve to work by way of,” in keeping with the indictment.
This story has been up to date with extra particulars.