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Indictment: Anna Gabrielian, Jamie Lee Henry
Indictment: Anna Gabrielian, Jamie Lee Henry
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INDICTMENT
COUNT 1
(Conspiracy)
Introduction
U.S.C. § 1320d, el seq., was enacted, among other things, to limit the circumstances in which a
“IIHI”) could be used, obtained, or disclosed. HIPAA's security and privacy regulations, codified
at 45 C.F.R. § 160 and 164, apply to health care providers, among others, who transmit any health
information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by the regulations. See 45
C.F.R. § 160. 102(a) and 160.013 (defining "covered entity"). HIPAA's criminal provision, 42
U.S.C. § 1320d-6, prohibits the use, acquisition, or disclosure of IIHI - maintained by a covered
entity - without patient authorization, unless such use, acquisition, or disclosure was otherwise
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care provider and a covered entity as defined by HIPAA and its regulations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1320d;
GABRIELIAN'S husband and a Major in the United States Army. HENRY was a doctor who
worked as a staff internist and was stationed at Fort Bragg, the home of the Army’s XVIII Airborne
Corps, headquarters of the United States Army Special Operations Command, and the Womack
Army Medical Center. HENRY was a health care provider and a covered entity as defined by
HIPAA and its regulations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1320d; 45 C.F.R. § 160.013. HENRY held a Secret
level security clearance, which permits an individual to have access to information classified
Secret, “the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious
“special military operation" into Ukraine. Immediately thereafter, Russian missiles struck Ukraine.
and Russian military forces began a ground incursion into the country. That same day, U.S.
President Joseph Biden characterized the Russian attack as “a brutal assault on the people of
Ukraine without provocation, without justification, without necessity.'’ and authorized additional
sanctions against Russia. In announcing the sanctions, President Biden stated: “Some of the most
powerful impacts of our actions will come over time as we squeeze Russia's access to finance and
technology for strategic sectors of its economy and degrade its industrial capacity for years to
come.”
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GABRIELIAN and introduced herself by name. The UC told GABRIELIAN she was asked to
contact GABRIELIAN about the assistance she offered a couple of months ago. GABRIELIAN
asked if the UC was from the Russian Embassy, and the UC confirmed that she was.
6. GABRIELIAN then told the UC that she had previously reached out directly to
the Russian Embassy by email and phone, offering Russia her and her husband HENRY's
assistance. GABRIELIAN also told the UC that although HENRY knew she was reaching out
to the Russian Embassy on both their behalf, GABRIELIAN had never mentioned HENRY's
name in her interactions with the Russian Embassy, and HENRY could claim he was unaware of
The Conspiracy
7. From in or around August 17, 2022. through the present, in the District of Maryland
and elsewhere, the defendants, ANNA GABRIELIAN and JAMIE LEE HENRY, did knowingly
and unlawfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit offenses
against the United States, that is, to knowingly obtain and disclose IIHI maintained by a covered
entity to another person, without patient authorization and for a reason other than permitted by
HIPAA and its regulations, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6(a), with intent to transfer IIHI for
8. The object of the conspiracy was to provide IIHI related to patients at Fort Bragg
working for the Russian Government, in order to assist the Russian government by demonstrating:
1) the level of GABRIELIAN and HENRY’s access to IIHI of U.S. personnel, 2) GABRIELIAN
and HENRY‘s willingness to provide IIHI to the Russian government, and 3) the potential for the
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Russian government to gain insights into the medical conditions of individuals associated with the
9. It was part of the conspiracy that GABRIELIAN and HENRY met with an
individual they believed to be associated with the Russian government, but who was, in fact, an
FBI Undercover Agent (“UC”), in order to convey to the UC their commitment to aid Russia, and
10. It was further part of the conspiracy that GABRIELIAN and HENRY suggested
to the UC that they obtain IIHI from the patient records at the United States Army and Medical
Institution 1. GABRIELIAN and HENRY stated they could obtain the IIHI of U.S. military.
associated military family members, and certain patients of Medical Institution 1, for the UC to
11. It was further part of the conspiracy that GABRIELIAN and HENRY discussed
with the UC the need for them to maintain "plausible deniability" regarding their interactions with
the UC. GABRIELIAN suggested a cover story for their interactions, and a plan for
GABRIELIAN and HENRY’s children flee the U.S. quickly if GABRIELIAN and HENRY
were told to act in a way that could expose their communications and actions to the U.S.
government.
12. It was further part of the conspiracy that GABRIELIAN accessed electronic
medical records and obtained IIHI related to patients of Medical Institution 1 who were associated
with the U.S. government, including the spouse of a government employee and a military veteran.
and transferred that IIHI to the UC so that it could be passed on to the Russian government.
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13. It was further part of the conspiracy that HENRY obtained IIHI related to members
of the U.S. Military and associated family members and transferred that IIHI to the UC so that it
Overt Acts
14. In furtherance of the conspiracy, and to effect the objects thereof, at least one of the
co-conspirators performed and caused to be performed one of the following overt acts on or about
the dates set forth below in the District of Maryland and elsewhere:
a. On August 17, 2022, GABBRIELAN agreed to meet the UC, who claimed to be
associated with the Russian Embassy, at the UC’s hotel after work that day.
b. Later that day, August 17, 2022, GABRIELIAN called the UC to reaffirm
Baltimore, Maryland. During that meeting, GABRIELIAN told the UC she was motivated by
patriotism toward Russia to provide any assistance she could to Russia, even if it meant being fired
or going to jail. GABRIELIAN proposed potential cover stories for meeting the UC, and stressed
the need for ‘"plausible deniability” in the event she was confronted by U.S. authorities about
d. GABRIELIAN also told the UC during that meeting that HENRY, a military
officer, was currently a more important source for Russia than she was, since HENRY had more
helpful information, including on how the U.S. military establishes an army hospital in war
conditions, and about previous training the U.S. military provided to Ukrainian military personnel.
e. GABRIELIAN told the UC she wanted to schedule another meeting that evening
f. At approximately 5:45 pm. on August 17, 2022, GABRIELIAN called the UC and
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stated that GABRIELIAN and HENRY would arrive at the UC’s hotel at approximately 8:30 pm.
assisting Russia, and he had looked into volunteering to join the Russian Army after the conflict
in Ukraine began, but Russia wanted people with “combat experience*' and he did not have any.
i. HENRY further stated: “the way I am viewing what is going on in Ukraine now,
is that the United States is using Ukrainians as a proxy for their own hatred toward Russia."
J- During that same meeting in the hotel room on August 17, 2022, GABRIELIAN
instructed the UC on how she and HENRY could be most useful to Russia. Referring to herself
If you have a useful long-term weapon, that can be used for years. If you use it for
something that’s not tactically advantageous, you've lost it for nothing. So if
[HENRY] can’t practice medicine, can’t be in the National Guard, you've lost an
Anny doctor. If I have to look somebody up, and I do look somebody up, you've
lost a link to [my employer] to establish those medical connections. It has to be
something massively important, not just check if this person has polyps.
k. At another point during the meeting on August 17, 2022, HENRY and
GABRIELIAN offered to provide the UC with private medical records from the U.S. Anny and
1. During the same meeting, GABRIELIAN demanded that if she were to take an
action that put her at significant risk of arrest, she wanted her and HENRY’S children to “have a
nice flight to Turkey to go on vacation because I don't want to end in jail here with my kids being
m. During that same meeting, GABRIELIAN provided the UC with a proposed cover
story, instructing the UC that the UC is “a delightful medical translator who has reached out to me
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. . . and you want to talk with me about programs and how they can be expanded."
n. During that same meeting, HENRY indicated he was concerned about passing a
background check for his security clearance, telling the UC: “I don't want to know your name . . .
because I want plausible deniability too. In a security clearance situation they want to know names
o. During the August 17, 2022 meeting, HENRY told the UC that GABRIELIAN
had instructed him to read the book, '‘Inside the Aquarium. GABRIELIAN stated she had
instructed HENRY to read the book, “Because it's the mentality of sacrificing everything . . . and
loyalty in you from day one. That's not something you walked away from.”
P- During the August 17, 2022 meeting, HENRY explained to the UC: “My point of
view is until the United States actually declares war against Russia, Tm able to help as much as I
want. At that point. I'll have some ethical issues I have to work through." GABRIELIAN replied:
q- On August 24, 2022, GABRIELIAN and the UC met at a hotel room in Baltimore,
Maryland. During that meeting, GABRIELIAN stated that although HENRY was a “coward,"
and concerned about violating HIPAA by providing records to the UC, GABRIELIAN had no
such concerns and violated HIPAA “all the time.” GABRIELIAN further told the UC she would
check with HENRY about providing medical records from Fort Bragg patients and get back in
touch.
r. On August 25, 2022, GABRIELIAN sent a text to the UC, using coded language,
to advise the UC that HENRY would provide Army medical records to the UC: “Jamie might have
1 The full title of the book is Victor Suvorov, “Inside the Aquarium: The Making of a fop Soviet
Spy” (1986). The book describes the recruitment and training of a Russian spy inside the
headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the then-Soviet Union (nicknamed “The
Aquarium”).
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samples of his poetry laying around. He says he will look for them and decide if he has the
bandwidth for another project over the weekend. I think it would be good for him to at least show
s. On August 31, 2022, during a meeting with the UC and HENRY at a hotel in
Gaithersburg, Maryland, GABRIELIAN provided the UC with IIHI related to N.Z., the spouse of
a person currently employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence, and IIHI related to A.R., a veteran
of the United States Air Force. GABRIELIAN highlighted to the UC a medical issue reflected in
t. During that same meeting on August 31,2022, HENRY provided the UC with IIHI
related to at least five individuals who were patients at Fort Bragg, including:
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2. On or about the dates listed below, in the District of Maryland and elsewhere, the
defendant.
ANNA GABRIELIAN
did knowingly obtain and disclose individually identifiable health information maintained by a
covered entity to another person, without patient authorization and for a reason other than
permitted by HIPAA and its regulations, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §1320d-6(a), with intent to
transfer individually identifiable health information for malicious harm, in violation of 42 U.S.C.
42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6(a)
42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6(b)(3)
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2. On or about the dates listed below, in the District of Maryland and elsewhere, the
defendant
did knowingly obtain and disclose individually identifiable health information maintained by a
covered entity to another person, without patient authorization and for a reason other than
permitted by HIPAA and its regulations, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §1320d-6(a), with intent to
transfer individually identifiable health information for malicious harm, in violation of 42 U.S.C.
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42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6(a)
42U.S.C. § 1320d-6(b)(3)
Erek L. Barron
United States Attorney
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