U.S. Navy officials used position to sell private information of 9,000+ people for cryptocurrency, feds say
Husband and wife face also allegedly forged a letter from the commander of the U.S.S. George Washington attempting to access information
By Nate Gartrell | ngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 29, 2021 at 2:31 p.m. | UPDATED: January 30, 2021 at 4:52 a.m.
FRESNO — Two married, now-former members of the U.S. Navy have been arrested and charged with conspiring to use their positions to access private information for thousands of people, which they allegedly sold to third parties on the Dark Web, according to court records.
When the ill-gotten gains began to dry up, the couple allegedly tried a second, more daring scheme, going as far as to forge a letter from the commander of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to the complaint.
Marquis Hooper, and his wife, Natasha Chalk, were charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, both federal offenses. Hooper, a serviceman from 2008-18, worked as an informations security manager on the Navy’s Seventh Fleet in Japan, according to the criminal complaint.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/29/u-s-navy-officials-used-position-to-sell-private-information-of-9000-people-for-cryptocurrency-feds-say/
