Johns Hopkins doctor and Army doctor spouse charged with conspiring to give U.S. soldiers' medical info to Russia

An Army doctor and an anesthesiologist were accused by the Justice Department of conspiring to give the Russian government information about U.S. soldiers and their families.

The indictment names Jamie Lee Henry, an Army major at Fort Bragg who had a secret security clearance, and his spouse, Anna Gabrielian, a Russian-speaker who is affiliated with the University of Baltimore.

They are accused of giving sensitive information to an undercover FBI agent.

Gabrielian volunteered to help Russia through the embassy in Washington, according to the indictment.

Gabrielian told the FBI agent that she was motivated by patriotism to provide any assistance she could to Russia, even if it meant being fired or going to jail.

According to the indictment, Gabrielian told the agent that she had reached out to the Russian Embassy by email and phone, and that she and her husband, Henry, were willing to help Russia.

Although Henry knew she was reaching out to the Russian Embassy on his behalf, she did not mention his name in her interactions with the Russian Embassy.

Henry is referred to as male in the indictment, but in 2015 he became the first openly trans Army officer. Henry referred to himself as a male in conversations with an undercover FBI agent, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office.

Gabrielian and Henry met with an undercover agent later in August. Henry had looked into volunteering to join the Russian army after the conflict in Ukraine began, but Russia wanted people with combat experience, and Henry didn't have that.

According to the indictment, the FBI agent met Gabrielian and Henry at a hotel in Maryland.

The indictment says Gabrielian gave the agent medical information about the spouse of a person employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence.

A retired Army officer, a current Department of Defense employee, the spouse of a U.S. Army veteran, and two spouses of deceased U.S. Army veterans are all said to have been provided information by Henry.

It was not clear if Gabrielian and Henry had lawyers.

The defendants face a maximum of five years in federal prison on the conspiracy charge and a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for each count of revealing health information.

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The article was first published on NBC News.