Feds: Notorious Alleged Con Man ‘Bobby Thompson’ Was Military Spy
Courtesy US Marshals(NEW YORK) — Authorities revealed on Monday that they believe “Bobby Thompson,” the man accused of using a fake veterans charity to swindle more than $100 million and to rub shoulders with top-level Republicans, is actually a forme…
Israel Behind Largest Cyber Spy Weapon Ever?
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A top Israeli official hinted Tuesday that his country could be behind the most sophisticated cyber espionage program ever developed, known as Flame, which infiltrated and spied on computer systems throughout the M…
Iran Hangs ‘Israeli Spy’ for Nuclear Scientist Assassination: Reports
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The man convicted of assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist on behalf of the Israeli spy agency Mossad has been executed by hanging in an Iranian prison, Iranian state media reported Tuesday.The Iranian governm…
Parents of American ‘Spy’ Held by Iran Issue Tearful Plea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For the first time, the parents of an American who could face the death penalty in Iran for alleged espionage, have gone before a camera in a stirring video to speak about their young son and the suffering they’ve endured since th…
Parents of American ‘Spy’ Held by Iran Issue Tearful Plea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For the first time, the parents of an American who could face the death penalty in Iran for alleged espionage, have gone before a camera in a stirring video to speak about their young son and the suffering they’ve endured since th…
Will Al Qaeda Mole Get Big Payday for Foiling Plot?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) –The British spy who managed to infiltrate an al Qaeda cell and thwart a scheme to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner may be eligible for tens of millions of dollars in reward money, courtesy of the U.S. government.The U….
Mystery Deepens Into British Spy’s Death
BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Post mortem examinations of the British spy found dead in his bathtub two years ago have failed to determine how he died. Three pathologists have told the official inquest into his death that asphyxiation or poi…
Mystery Deepens in Bizarre British Spy Death Case
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(LONDON) — Of the myriad of questions surrounding the case of the British code breaker who was found naked and stuffed into a duffle bag in 2010, expert witnesses on Friday gave at least one answer: he most likely didn’t pu…
Mystery Over Death of British Spy Intensifies as Inquest Begins
Comstock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — It’s a case worthy of a Sherlock Holmes story. The mystery over the death of a British spy has only deepened as new details emerged this week at the official inquest into how he died.The naked body of Gareth Williams, 31,…
Russian Fem Spy Spooked US, But It Wasn’t Anna Chapman
Secretary Clinton: Spy ring target? State Department photo(WASHINGTON) — A female Russian agent got “close enough” to a sitting U.S. cabinet member that the FBI felt they had to swoop in and arrest the lot — but it wasn’t the famous femme fatale Anna…
Mom Visits Former US Marine on Death Row in Iran
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The mother of the former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran was allowed to visit her son, who she said looked gaunt and terrified on death row.Amir Hekmati’s mother, Benhaz, went to Tehran in late January, according to a repor…
Lawyer Hired to Work for American ‘Spy’ Sentenced to Death in Iran
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amir Mirzaei Hekmati’s family has retained Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper to see what he can do to free 28-year-old Hekmati, who was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA.The White…
Lawyer Hired to Work for American ‘Spy’ Sentenced to Death in Iran
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amir Mirzaei Hekmati’s family has retained Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper to see what he can do to free 28-year-old Hekmati, who was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA.The White…
Iran Sentences American ‘Spy’ to Death
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has sentenced a former U.S. Marine to death on charges of spying for the CIA, Iranian state media reported Monday.Iran’s Revolutionary Court found 28-year-old Amir Hekmati “Corrupt on Earth,” according to the Fars news ag…
Exclusive: Father of American ‘Spy’ Calls Iran’s Claims ‘Bunch of Lies’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The father of the Iranian-American who appeared to confess to being a spy for the CIA on Iranian television called the allegations of espionage “a bunch of lies” and said he’s convinced the Iranian government forced his son to li…