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The FBI is offering $200,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of a former Air Force intelligence specialist who was charged in 2019 with spying for Iran.<\/p>\n

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In an announcement Thursday, the FBI said it is still trying to locate Monica Witt, who it believes defected to Iran in 2013. The agency said it believes she \u201clikely continues to support (Iran\u2019s) nefarious activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI has not forgotten and believes that during this critical moment in Iran\u2019s history, there is someone who knows something about her whereabouts,\u201d Daniel Wierzbicki, special agent in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office\u2019s Counterintelligence and Cyber Division, said a statement, likely referring to the US\u2019 ongoing tensions with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI wants to hear from you so you can help us apprehend Witt and bring her to justice,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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Witt was a former counterintelligence officer for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. From 2003 and 2008, Witt\u2019s work involved counterintelligence assignments that took her to the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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In 2019, then-Assistant Attorney General John Demers alleged that Witt was targeted and recruited by Iran, and after she defected, she allegedly revealed to Iran the existence of a \u201chighly classified intelligence collection program\u201d and the identity of a US intelligence officer, \u201cthereby risking the life of this individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors alleged in the indictment that from around January 2012 to around May 2015, in Iran and elsewhere outside the US, Witt conspired with Iranians to provide \u201cdocuments and information relating to the national defense of the United States, with the intent and reason to believe that the same would be used to the injury of the United States and to the advantage of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After her defection, Iranian government officials provided Witt with \u201cgoods and services, including housing and computer equipment,\u201d to facilitate her work for them, according to the indictment. It\u2019s unclear whether she has a lawyer in the US to represent her.<\/p>\n

The indictment also charged four Iranians with conspiracy, attempts to commit computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n

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