Otto_Attila_Gilbert

Otto Attila Gilbert

Otto Attila Gilbert

American spy

Otto Attila Gilbert was an 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. [1]
    Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles from the Security Awareness Bulletin, 1981-1989. DIANE Publishing. 1992. p. 187. ISBN 0-941375-50-1.
  2. [2]
    Jaynes, Gregory (April 20, 1982). "Native of Hungary is Jailed in South on Spying Charges". New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    Allen, Thomas B.; Norman Polmar (1988). Merchants of treason: America's secrets for sale. Delacorte Press. pp. 67–70. ISBN 0-385-29591-X.
  4. [4]
    Associated Press (April 20, 1982). "Hungarian snared in Army spying plot". Modesto Bee. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    Newsday (April 21, 1982). "Accused spy, mother 'an odd couple'". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 28 February 2010.


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