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Woman Pleads Guilty to Lying About Astronaut Wife Accessing Her Bank Account From Space
- Summer Heather Worden pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators and the NASA Office of Inspector General.
- The accusations involved Anne McClain allegedly accessing Worden's bank account from the International Space Station.
- Worden’s 2020 charges included fraud related to a Spicewood, Texas land deal.
- McClain said there was no truth to the claims about bank account access and called the situation painful and public.
- Worden faces sentencing in February 2026 and could receive up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
- The case raised questions about jurisdiction over crimes committed in space.
- The spacewalk McClain was scheduled for in 2019 ultimately occurred in October that year.
- Worden's claims about the bank access were part of a broader custody dispute.
- Prosecutors dropped all other charges in exchange for Worden's guilty plea to false statements.
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