Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins is an American convicted spy for Russia and a former military officer in the US Army's Special Forces.
16 Facts About Peter Debbins
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Peter Debbins' mother was a Russian-speaking Polish-Ukrainian and was born in Zaporozhye, Ukraine.
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Peter Debbins met and married his wife in Russia in 1997.
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In 1997, Peter Debbins graduated from the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
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In July 1998, Peter Debbins began his active service duty in the Army.
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Peter Debbins served in the United States Army's inactive reserve from 2005 until 2010.
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Peter Debbins was an instructor with IWP's Cyber Intelligence Initiative.
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Peter Debbins was first approached by Russian officers in December 1996.
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In one meeting in 2003, Peter Debbins accepted a bottle of Cognac and a Russian military uniform as payment.
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In 2008, Peter Debbins relayed his classified activities in the Special Forces to Russian agents and offered his former Special Forces colleagues' names for potential recruitment.
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Peter Debbins then entered the private sector as a consultant on Azerbaijan in 2005.
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In 2013 Peter Debbins founded a company called Horizon Leadership Group.
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Peter Debbins gave several lectures at the Institute for World Politics in 2016, specifically pertaining to Russia's relationship with Armenia and the potential for conflict in the region.
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Peter Debbins was arrested on August 21,2020 at his home in Gainesville, Virginia.
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On November 18,2020, Peter Debbins pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia to one count of conspiracy to commit espionage, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison.
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Peter Debbins is currently incarcerated at ADX Florence, the federal supermax in Florence, Colorado.