A former US Military main and his spouse have been charged with plotting to leak delicate healthcare knowledge after being handed a e-book on “The Making of a Prime Soviet Spy” by an undercover FBI agent posing a Russian official, the US Justice Division has revealed.

Jamie Lee Henry, the previous main and physician at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and his anesthesiologist spouse, Dr Anna Gabrielian, are accused of conspiracy and the wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable well being details about sufferers on the Military base.

Gabrielian advised the spy “she was motivated by patriotism towards Russia to supply any help she may to Russia, even when it meant being fired or going to jail,” at a resort in Baltimore on August 17, the indictment in a federal courtroom in Maryland says.

It was alleged that Henry later that day advised the agent: “The best way I’m viewing what’s going on in Ukraine now, is that america is utilizing Ukrainians as a proxy for their very own hatred towards Russia.”

The agent in flip urged them to learn a e-book referred to as “Contained in the Aquarium: The Making of a Prime Soviet Spy,” telling the pair it will assist them perceive what they had been about to do.

Every week later it was alleged that Gabrielian referred to as her husband a “coward” for having reservations about violating  violate the Well being Insurance coverage Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by offering healthcare knowledge.

She mentioned she violated the legislation “on a regular basis” and by the tip of the month  had handed over info on present and former army officers and their spouses, the indictment mentioned.