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Summer Worden Pleads Guilty in NASA Identity Theft Case

11/15/2025

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Summer Worden, 50, pleaded guilty to lying about NASA astronaut Anne McClain accessing her bank account during McClain's 2019 deployment to the International Space Station.
Worden falsely claimed McClain guessed her password and committed identity theft, despite investigators finding that Worden opened the account in 2018 and shared her login credentials with McClain.
Worden faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, with sentencing set for February 2026 amid a contentious divorce and custody battle.

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Summer Worden, 50, pleaded guilty to lying about NASA astronaut Anne McClain accessing her bank account during McClain's 2019 deployment to the International Space Station.
Worden falsely claimed McClain guessed her password and committed identity theft, despite investigators finding that Worden opened the account in 2018 and shared her login credentials with McClain.
Worden faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, with sentencing set for February 2026 amid a contentious divorce and custody battle.