FBI offers $200,000 for information to detain agent accused of spying for Iran
The Federal Investigative Bureau continues to search for Mónica Witt, a former allegedly recruited by Iran to provide classified information
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) offers $200,000 dollars for information that allows it to detain a former intelligence specialist of the Air Force indicted, in 2019, for allegedly serving as a spy in the service of Iran.
Through a statement, Daniel Wierzbicki, special agent in-charge of the Counterintelligence and Cybersecurity Division The FBI Office in Washington made know that the search continues for Mónica Witt, who apparently defected to Iran in 2013.
“The FBI hasn't forgotten him and believes that, during this critical moment in Iran's history, there is someone who knows something about his whereabouts.
The FBI wants to talk to you so that you help us stop Witt and bring her to justice,” the federal agency indicated.
The woman in question served as a counterintelligence officer for the Air Force Special Investigations Office.
Between 2003 and 2008, he participated in several US missions carried out in Middle Eastern countries.
However, in 2019, John Demers, former Attorney General, identified Monica Witt as an agent allegedly recruited by the Tehran government to provide it with classified information.
From this it is believed that after having deserted from the Air Force, he supposedly delivered data related to a “collection program “highly classified intelligence” and also revealed the identity of an American intelligence officer considered key in said operation.
“Witt conspired with Iranians to provide documents and information related to national defense, with the intent and reason to believe that them would be used to the detriment of States "United and for the benefit of Iran," said the prosecutors who accused the former officer of having collaborated with Iran from January 2012 to May 2015, both from the United States and from other countries.
According to an ongoing investigation, there is evidence that after he defected from the Air Force, Iranian government officials provided him with They gave Mónica Witt places to stay, computer equipment and a amount of money sufficient to facilitate her work for the Islamic Republic.