FBI offers $200,000 reward to catch ex-Air Force specialist wanted on espionage charges in Iran
This image provided by the FBI on Thursday, May 14, 2026 shows the wanted poster for Monica Elfriede Witt. (FBI via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government.
Monica Elfriede Witt, 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2019 on charges of espionage, including transmitting national defense information to the government of Iran. She remains at large.
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