Posted on 09/11/2026 7:22:23 AM PDT by CFW
A Chinese national who managed to get a job working as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Calais has been arrested and charged in what FBI agents claim was a plot to install modified hardware in Department of Homeland Security computers.
Terry “Jiajia” Liu — originally of Guangzhou, per his Facebook page — was arrested after a counter intelligence investigation captured hidden-camera footage of him breaking into government computers and modifying the hard drives.
According to court records released Friday in Maine District Court, Liu is alleged to have stripped valuable components from government computers, replaced them with inferior parts and traded the originals to an electronics retailer for credit.
Liu, 39, is charged with theft and damage of government property in a case involving 46 altered computers at three Maine border facilities. Prosecutors are seeking to keep him jailed, citing frequent international travel, financial resources and a home close enough to Canada that an ankle monitor might not prevent him from leaving the country.
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Question: How did a Chinese national get a job involving border security?
How many others?
Deport his arse after 5 years in an American prison.
Pizz poor vetting.
>> A Chinese national who managed to get a job working as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Calais
HOW THE FRESH HELL DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN??!?
Some CBP supervisor heads need to roll!
I’m uncertain how it works with government contracting, but my HR has told me, in no uncertain terms, that I can’t not hire a green card holder simply because they are not citizens.
“”””>> A Chinese national who managed to get a job working as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Calais
HOW THE FRESH HELL DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN??!?
Some CBP supervisor heads need to roll!””””
It was only a few days ago that a Nigerian was arrested for bribery while he was employed by US Govt.
I suspect we have hundreds of foreign nationals employed by the US Govt.
Beat me to it.
Exactly!
The Chinese are not our friends. Check out the Massachusetts idiot Chinese politicians.
The Chinese are not our friends. Check out the Massachusetts idiot Chinese politicians.
>> HOW THE FRESH HELL DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN??!?
Not only that, but he did it to 46 computers!
Dunno, but I’ll bet there’s a federal judge ready to stop anything from being done about it.
I suspect we have hundreds of foreign nationals employed by the US Govt.
I suspect it’s THOUSANDS. Many thousands.
Trump needs to suspend the visas of all PRC Chinese nationals for at least one year! And NO! We don’t need 600 PRC STEM students in this country!
Who the hell is running this country.
Interim Secret clearance is one thing, it’s basically a criminal record check, but when I first heard about “interim Top Secret” clearances at my place because they couldn’t get contractors in slots fast enough, I knew we were screwed. Don’t know if that’s the case here, but the rot is widespread.
I suspect the USG contractor base is deeply infiltrated with PRC and other foreign nationals.
Indeed it is!
“Trump admin’s fraud crackdown targets foreigners accused of infiltrating US federal programs”
Turkish national Onur Simsek is accused of a defense procurement scheme involving falsely certified US military parts.
“Last week, the FBI released a “Most Wanted” list highlighting alleged fraud suspects as the administration continues its broader crackdown on fraud. Officials say the involvement of foreign nationals in multiple schemes has heightened concerns about overseas actors exploiting U.S. government programs.
Among those named is Onur Simsek, a Turkish national whom the FBI believes is living in Turkey. Prosecutors accuse Simsek of leading a defense procurement fraud scheme that secured U.S. military contracts by falsely certifying Turkish-made parts as tested and qualified, potentially rendering critical military equipment inoperable.”
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