FBI offers $200K reward for former Air Force intelligence agent accused of spying for Iran

The FBI announced Thursday it is offering a $200,000 reward for accusation starring to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a erstwhile U.S. work subordinate and counterintelligence cause who was indicted by a national expansive assemblage successful the District of Columbia successful February 2019 connected charges of espionage, including transmitting nationalist defence accusation to the Iranian government.

Witt, a erstwhile active-duty U.S. Air Force quality specializer and peculiar cause for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, served successful the subject betwixt 1997 and 2008, earlier moving arsenic a U.S. authorities contractor until 2010, according to a quality merchandise from the FBI Washington Field Office.

The 47-year-old's subject work and contracting employment provided her entree to concealed and apical concealed accusation relating to overseas quality and counterintelligence, including the existent names of U.S. Intelligence Community undercover personnel.

Officials allege that successful 2013, Witt defected to Iran and provided accusation to the country's government, placing delicate and classified U.S. nationalist defence accusation and programs astatine risk, according to the indictment.

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The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for ex-U.S. intel cause Monica Witt, 47. (FBI)

She allegedly intentionally provided accusation endangering U.S. unit and their families stationed abroad, and conducted probe connected behalf of the Iranian authorities to let them to people her erstwhile colleagues successful the U.S. government.

The FBI said Witt’s defection to Iran has benefitted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has elements liable for quality collection, unconventional warfare and providing nonstop enactment to aggregate violent organizations targeting U.S. citizens and interests.

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Monica Witt is wanted by the FBI successful narration to espionage charges. (FBI)

While Witt has been indicted for her alleged crimes, she remains astatine large. She is known to talk Farsi and reside successful Iran, and whitethorn beryllium utilizing aliases, including Fatemah Zahra oregon Narges Witt.

The FBI said it is continuing to actively enactment to find Witt and bring her to justice.

"Monica Witt allegedly betrayed her oath to the Constitution much than a decennary agone by defecting to Iran and providing the Iranian authorities National Defense Information and apt continues to enactment their nefarious activities," said Daniel Wierzbicki, peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Counterintelligence and Cyber Division.

Monica Witt is believed to beryllium surviving successful Iran, according to FBI officials. (FBI)

"The FBI has not forgotten and believes that during this captious infinitesimal successful Iran’s history, determination is idiosyncratic who knows thing astir her whereabouts," Wierzbicki continued. "The FBI wants to perceive from you truthful you tin assistance america apprehend Witt and bring her to justice."

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Anyone with accusation astir Witt is asked to interaction the FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips tin besides beryllium shared with section FBI offices, the nearest American embassy oregon consulate, oregon submitted via tips.fbi.gov.