[h=2]Senior Treasury official is caught with a flash drive and arrested over leak of 'Suspicious Activity Reports' about Paul Manafort, the Russian embassy and alleged Moscow spy Maria Butina[/h]
- Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards faces charges for allegedly leaking sensitive banking documents to a reporter
- Court documents don't name the news outlet but describe a series of articles whose headlines match those published by BuzzFeed
- The files, called 'Suspicious Activity Reports' (SARs) are sent by banks to the federal government when they notice potential criminal money transfers
- Edwards is accused of leaking SARs related to Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Maria Butina and Russia's embassy in Washington
- They were all targets of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe
- Edwards was found with a thumb drive full of the documents when she was arrested but denied having any relationship with reporters
- Two felony charges could add up to 10 years in prison