WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Army major and his anesthesiologist wife have been criminally charged for allegedly plotting to leak highly sensitive healthcare data about military patients to Russia, the Justice Department revealed on Thursday.
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Henry's attorney David Little declined to comment on the charges, but said his client was released on home detention.
The couple met with someone they believed was a Russian official but was in fact an FBI undercover agent, the indictment says.
"It's the mentality of sacrificing everything ... and loyalty in you from day one," the agent said.
Henry had some reservations about providing healthcare data, saying it would violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), according to the indictment, but Gabrielian had no hesitations.
By the end of the month, she had handed over information on current and former military officials and their spouses, the indictment says. »