August 25, 2019 2:15 PM

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NASA investigating first crime committed in space: report

<span style="color: #222222;">The US space agency NASA is reported to be investigating a claim that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station. This is the first such allegation of a crime committed in space. <br />'' <br />'' US media report that Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged spouse's private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The astronaut's spouse Summer Worden filed a complaint earlier this year with the Federal Trade Commission after learning McClain had accessed her bank account without permission, while Worden's family filed another with NASA's Office of Inspector General.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, McClain's lawyer said the astronaut had done nothing wrong and accessed the bank records while to monitor the couple's combined finances something she had done over the course of their relationship.</span><br />

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