January 29, 2024
Three former U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees have been sentenced to prison or probation for their alleged roles in conspiring to steal proprietary software and sensitive law-enforcement databases from the government in a scheme to develop a commercial product for sale.
January 22, 2024
A former senior official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's watchdog asked a D.C. federal judge to spare him prison time for stealing proprietary software he helped design for the government, saying he never profited from the theft.
April 12, 2022
A Washington, D.C., federal jury has convicted a former senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security watchdog employee on charges that he stole proprietary software and sensitive employee information from the government to use in creating commercial software.
March 23, 2022
An information technology specialist accused of helping a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security watchdog steal federal databases told a D.C. federal court on Wednesday that the government failed to link him to the actual theft.
January 14, 2022
The Obama administration's former watchdog for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security admitted to stealing federal databases to develop a commercial competitor, according to a Friday announcement from federal prosecutors.