Former Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years for documents leak

12 Nov 2024, 23:16 · UPI

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira to 15 years in prison for stealing classified information and sharing it online.

Teixeira, 22, was an airman 1st class and in March pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention of defense records in violation of the Espionage Act after he shared hundreds of classified documents with others on the Discord social media site.