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FBI: Contractor offers Navy info to fake spy

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  • FBI: Randall G. Craig Jr., 41, thought he was selling info to a foreign spy
  • FBI: Craig tried to sell names, Social Security numbers of service members
  • No information was compromised while the FBI investigated Craig, agency says
  • Craig indicted for aggravated identity theft; using authorized access for personal gain
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(CNN) -- A U.S. Navy civilian contractor has been charged with trying to sell personal information about thousands of military personnel and reservists to a person he thought was a foreign spy, the FBI said.

Randall G. Craig Jr., 41, was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday after his arrest last week, said FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap.

She added that no information was compromised during the agency's investigation.

Craig was arrested Friday, she said.

A grand jury in Houston indicted him Tuesday on charges of aggravated identity theft and exceeding authorized computer access for personal gain.

According to the indictment, Craig attempted to sell the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of Navy service members "to a person he believed to be an intelligence officer of a foreign government."

"This was an undercover operation and not an actual spy," she said. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

CNN's Carol Cratty contributed to this report.

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