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Former U.S. Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Spying for Ethiopia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Abraham Teklu Lemma, 53, of Maryland, a former information technology contractor at the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Justice pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit espionage on behalf of the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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- U.S. Department of Justice
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- Charges & Convictions
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- 03 November 2026 · 12:00 UTC
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- 03 November 2026 · 21:15 UTC
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- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-contractor-pleads-guilty-spying-ethiopia
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