The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent accused of spying for the Islamic regime in Iran.

She intentionally provided information endangering U.S. personnel and their families stationed abroad, and researched on behalf of the Iranian regime to allow them to target her former colleagues in the U.S. government.

WATCH: FBI Offers $200K REWARD for Monica Witt — the ex-Air Force intel specialist who DEFECTED to Iran

FBI offers $200K reward for former Air Force intelligence agent accused of spying for Iran

Story by Alexandra Koch

The FBI announced Thursday it is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent who was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia in February 2019 on charges of espionage, including transmitting national defense information to the Iranian government.

Witt, a former active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist and special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, served in the military between 1997 and 2008, before working as a U.S. government contractor until 2010, according to a news release from the FBI Washington Field Office.

The 47-year-old’s military service and contracting employment provided her access to secret and top secret information relating to foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, including the true names of U.S. Intelligence Community undercover personnel.

Officials allege that in 2013, Witt defected to Iran and provided information to the country’s government, placing sensitive and classified U.S. national defense information and programs at risk, according to the indictment.

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