Otto Attila Gilbert

Otto Attila Gilbert was a Hungarian-American spy. He was convicted of espionage in 1982 after paying $4,000 for classified documents provided by an undercover Army officer, and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.^[1][2]

Gilbert emigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1957, and became a naturalized citizen in 1964.^[3] Authorities said that Gilbert was working for the Hungarian Military Intelligence Service all along.^[4] Shortly before his arrest, Gilbert was living with his mother in Forest Hills, New York, but the two moved to Hungary.^[5]

References

1. ^ Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles from the Security Awareness Bulletin, 1981-1989. DIANE Publishing. 1992. pp. 187. ISBN 0941375501. http://books.google.com/books?id=2wNgbdnKuKAC&pg=PA187&dq=Otto+Attila+Gilbert&ei=PF6KS-q8MoiwNbikqOEM&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Otto%20Attila%20Gilbert&f=false. 
2. ^ Jaynes, Gregory (April 20, 1982). "Native of Hungary is Jailed in South on Spying Charges". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/20/us/native-of-hungary-is-jailed-in-south-on-spying-charges.html. Retrieved 28 February 2010. 
3. ^ Allen, Thomas B.; Norman Polmar (1988). Merchants of treason: America's secrets for sale. Delacorte Press. pp. 67–70. ISBN 038529591X. http://books.google.com/books?id=OKzeAAAAMAAJ&q=Otto+Attila+Gilbert&dq=Otto+Attila+Gilbert&ei=PF6KS-q8MoiwNbikqOEM&client=firefox-a&cd=2. 
4. ^ Associated Press (April 20, 1982). "Hungarian snared in Army spying plot". Modesto Bee. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=trEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q9cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497,2299826&dq=otto-attila-gilbert&hl=en. Retrieved 28 February 2010. 
5. ^ Newsday (April 21, 1982). "Accused spy, mother 'an odd couple'". Montreal Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19820421&id=_v0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1129,462685. Retrieved 28 February 2010. 

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