The FBI on Thursday arrested a Department of Energy (DOE) employee at the Hanford, Wash., nuclear site under suspicion of trying to aid the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen, according to the Justice Department. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Wash.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday.
A Washington state man who worked for the U.S. Department of Energy has been arrested and charged with trying to support the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in Yemen, according to federal prosecutors. He is accused of using his electrical engineering expertise to help prepare equipment intended for t…
Federal authorities arrested a Department of Energy electrical engineer Thursday amid allegations he attempted to assist the Iran-backed Houthis while purchasing materials associated with explosives and drones. […]
A U.S. Department of Energy engineer from Richland, WA, was arrested for allegedly aiding Iran-backed Houthis with explosives and military communications support.
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