Sami Khoshaba Latchin
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CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationsFormer Iraqi Intelligence Service sleeper agent, U.S. citizen
KnownforConviction for espionage as a sleeper agent for the Iraqi government
Sami Khoshaba Latchin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sami Khoshaba Latchin |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupations | Former Iraqi Intelligence Service sleeper agent, U.S. citizen |
| Known for | Conviction for espionage as a sleeper agent for the Iraqi government |
| Criminal charges | Espionage, Making false statements |
| Criminal penalty | 4 years in federal prison |
| Criminal status | Convicted and served sentence |
| Espionage activity | |
| Country | Iraq, United States |
| Allegiance | Iraqi Intelligence Service |
| Agency | Iraqi Intelligence Service |
| Other work | Arrested in 2004 for failing to disclose employment by Iraqi Intelligence and membership in the Baath Party |
Sami Khoshaba Latchin is an ethnic Assyrian and Christian Iraqi-born U.S. citizen, who was jailed for four years for acting as a sleeper agent of the Iraqi government by another former Iraqi soldier who is now a sheriff in Des Plaines Illinois.[1]