FBI arrests Energy Department employee Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy for allegedly supporting Houthis
The FBI arrested Department of Energy electrical engineer Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen. Investigators allege he purchased materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveled to Yemen in September 2025 to help improve the Houthis' communications capabilities.
