A federal grand jury has indicted a Maryland government contractor on charges of illegally transmitting and retaining classified national defense information, alleging he shared sensitive military intelligence reports with a Washington Post reporter.
Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, of Laurel, Maryland, faces five counts of unlawful transmission and one count of unlawful retention under the Espionage Act, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Perez-Lugones, who held a top-secret security clearance for two decades while working as a contractor, is accused of accessing, printing, and removing classified reports from secure facilities between March 2025 and January 2026. Prosecutors say he then provided portions of those documents to a reporter, who cited them in at least five published articles….
Maryland Contractor Indicted on Charges of Leaking Classified Military Information to Reporter
