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Former Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employee Sentenced To Federal Prison For Acting As A Foreign Agent And Making False Statements

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On June 17, 2026, Portia Anyamba, 59, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. As part of a plea agreement entered with the Court, Anyamba pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 951, and one count of making false statements in her security clearance application in violation of Title 18, U.S.C…

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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