Posted on 03/07/2020 9:22:20 AM PST by gattaca
Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Charles Edwards and his former aide Murali Yamazula Venkata were indicted Friday on charges of stealing government property to defraud the U.S. government. Yamazula was also charged with destroying records.
The indictments handed down by the Justice Department allege that Edwards and Venkata were working with others within the inspector general’s office to orchestrate a scheme to steal confidential and proprietary software that includes sensitive information on government employees. Prosecutors say Edwards was attempting to resell a revamped package of the software as a product of his firm, Delta Business Solutions to the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“The indictment further alleges that, in addition to stealing DHS-OIG’s software and the sensitive government databases, Venkata and others also assisted Edwards by reconfiguring his laptop so that he could properly upload the stolen software and databases, provided troubleshooting support whenever Edwards required it, and helped him build a testing server at his residence with the stolen software and databases,” the Department of Justice said in a press release announcing the indictments. “As further part of the alleged scheme, Edwards retained software developers in India for the purpose of developing his commercial alternative of DHS-OIG’s software.”
Their operations, according to the indictment lasted from 2014 to 2017. Edwards officially left the Department of Homeland Security in December of 2013 but prosecutors say the former watchdog of the agency leveraged his relationship with Venkata and other employees within the office to conduct his scheme.
Funnily enough, the first stories about this yesterday neglected to mention anything about Obama.
Maybe he should have put those records on a private server in a closet and then deleted them 30,000 or so at a time...
Obviously Yamazula is not one of the more-equal animals on this farm while others are.
“Not a smidgeon of corruption”
Obama corrupted the entire government.
Correct. There was a boatload of corruption.
Destroying records?
Shoot, Biden’s gonna be pissed. What are the kids gonna listen to when the get home?
“ Department of Homeland Security Inspector General ”
What stories will he be willing to tell to reduce his sentence?
The most EVIL administration in the history of this fABULOUS republic. It takes some CRIMINALS to raze a republic.
HOORAY Justice! Can we issue some fatwas for the big players? Justice Systems BEST PRACTICES BUMP!
From Hammurabi Code through Halakhah, Moses, Sharia, Napoleonic code, Magna Carta, Constitution and Bill of Rights of The United States of America, there has never been a justice system designed to give individuals maximum freedom while dealing with depths of wickedness unseen. Are we Past Peak Civilization?
OUTSTANDING effort FF. Thanks.
I will never have faith in the Justice Dept. as long as St. Comey is on the loose.
There might be a suicide in his future.
There might be a suicide in his future.
Wonder if they will ever find the nine billion dollars that came up missing under Obama’s term in office?.
that’s a smidgen.
If you can’t steal from work where the hell are you supposed to steal from?
It’s a start. Let’s not stop with him.
Better Late than never justice for IG Gerald Walpin
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/2/bovard-obamas-war-on-watchdogs/
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