A U.S. Department of State employee from Alexandria is facing federal charges for allegedly participating in a criminal conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information.
Michael Charles Schena, 42, who held a top-secret security clearance, is accused of communicating with people he met online and providing them with sensitive information in exchange for payments, according to a press release published on Friday from the U.S. Department of Justice. This activity allegedly began in April 2022.