Christopher R. Glenn, 34, a South Florida Resident, was sentenced on July 31, 2015, to 120 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra of the Southern District of Florida following his guilty plea for willful retention of classified national defense information under the Espionage Act, computer intrusion under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and conspiracy to commit naturalization fraud.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P.
Carlin, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and
Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office made the
announcement.
“Christopher Glenn exploited his position as a cleared
military contractor and systems administrator to steal classified U.S. military
secrets,” said Assistant Attorney General Carlin. “In doing so, he violated the unique trust
placed in him by the Department of Defense.
Insider threats by trusted employees who exploit computer access are a
significant danger to U.S. national security and this sentencing shows it will
not be tolerated.”
“The defendant exploited and violated the special trust
placed in him as a computer network system administrator working at a United
States military base, in order to penetrate the computer system and steal
classified materials,” said U.S. Attorney Ferrer. “We will continue to investigate and
prosecute insider threats to national security and we will bring those
violators to justice.”
According to court records, while working as a computer
systems administrator at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, Glenn accessed a
classified Department of Defense network without authorization and removed
classified national defense information from Department of Defense and U.S.
Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM’s) Joint Task Force-Bravo, including intelligence
reports and military plans. Glenn
proceeded to encrypt the files and place them on an Internet-accessible network
storage device located in his residence in Honduras.
Glenn also conspired with his wife, Khadraa A. Glenn, 28, to
commit naturalization fraud for her benefit by fabricating fraudulent documents
and submitting false statements and the documents to the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS). Khadraa A.
Glenn previously pleaded guilty to naturalization fraud conspiracy and was
sentenced on Oct. 7, 2014.
Assistant Attorney General Carlin and U.S. Attorney Ferrer
commended the investigative efforts of the FBI, U.S. Army’s 470th Military
Intelligence Brigade, U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigations Division, SOUTHCOM,
USCIS, IRS-CI, the Department of Homeland Security and the South Florida Joint
Terrorism Task Force. The case is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ricardo Del Toro of the Southern District
of Florida and Trial Attorney Christian Ford of the National Security
Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
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