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Two Men Arrested and Charged with Stealing, Selling Sensitive Air Force Data
military.com ^ | 5/13/2021 | Oriana Pawlyk

Posted on 05/16/2021 11:05:31 AM PDT by bitt

Two men were arrested on suspicions they illegally acquired and sold thousands of U.S. Air Force technical orders and aerospace data to domestic and foreign customers for a profit.

Law enforcement officials arrested Sarfraz Yousuf, 43, of Miramar, Florida, and Marc Chavez, 53, of Trabuco Canyon, California, over their alleged involvement in the scheme, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Each was charged with one count of theft of government property.

According to an affidavit provided to Military.com, the men each ran separate businesses out of their homes. Yousuf obtained and sold 1,875 stolen technical orders -- documents detailing operations, maintenance and schematics of equipment -- to Chavez between 2015 and 2020 in exchange for at least $132,280, according to a filing by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Santa Ana, California.

In one instance in June 2020, Yousuf, who worked for Summit Aerospace, sold 34 Air Force technical orders to Chavez, including one containing overhaul instructions related to a "Rate Gyro Assembly Flight Control" for $2,170, the affidavit states. The assembly is part of a flight control system that stabilizes an aircraft's altitude in the air.

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1 posted on 05/16/2021 11:05:31 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/16/2021 11:05:49 AM PDT by bitt (People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.)
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Hillary Clinton was unavailable for comment.


3 posted on 05/16/2021 11:07:16 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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Treason....apply appropriate punishment.....hang by the neck.


4 posted on 05/16/2021 11:12:46 AM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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> Law enforcement officials arrested Sarfraz Yousuf, 43, of Miramar, Florida, and Marc Chavez, 53, of Trabuco Canyon, California <

They should have changed their last names to ‘Biden’ back on November 4, 2020. Cops would have left Sarfraz Biden and Marc Biden alone.


5 posted on 05/16/2021 11:15:30 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Enten

Their adopted country had little value to them.


6 posted on 05/16/2021 11:20:36 AM PDT by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: bitt

So what was the purpose of stealing this information, and who was the ultimate recipient? Who was going to benefit?


7 posted on 05/16/2021 11:24:56 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Who generally benefits from theft of technology? China.


8 posted on 05/16/2021 11:26:48 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Does so

So much for background checks.


9 posted on 05/16/2021 11:45:22 AM PDT by bgill
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Indeed, those “White Supremacists” that have infiltrated our military continue to hurt us...
What we need is more Efemininization, Transgenerization and Equity within our military.
Joey Xi our dear president is fully invested in changing our military....(Sarc)
10 posted on 05/16/2021 11:52:46 AM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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All that means is that the Democrat National Committee did not get their cut.

For the sheep the message is: Don't steal, the Government don't like the competition.

11 posted on 05/16/2021 12:03:12 PM PDT by sport
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OC Businessman Charged With Selling U.S. Air Force Technical Data

https://patch.com/california/lagunabeach/oc-businessman-charged-selling-u-s-air-force-technical-data


12 posted on 05/16/2021 12:29:30 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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An Islamist and a Mexican walk into a Bar...


13 posted on 05/16/2021 12:30:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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Two men were arrested on suspicions they illegally acquired and sold thousands of U.S. Air Force technical orders

Yet Mrs. Bill Clinton is still free after giving the Russians and others free access to THOUSANDS of Secret and Top Secret emails.

14 posted on 05/16/2021 1:27:47 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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I worked aircraft instrumentation in the 1970s and we had multiple sets of Technical Orders, known as T.O.s, but none of them were classified. I'm not sure why anyone would want them. (However, other shops had classified T.O.s)

... including one containing overhaul instructions related to a "Rate Gyro Assembly Flight Control" for $2,170, the affidavit states. The assembly is part of a flight control system that stabilizes an aircraft's altitude in the air.

A rate gyro is very old technology. Hell, Lindburgh may have had one on the Spirit of St. Louis although he didn't have autopilot.

Still, I guess it's illegal to have the documents.

15 posted on 05/16/2021 1:50:29 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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Each was charged with one count of theft of government property

huh ?
16 posted on 05/17/2021 5:29:55 AM PDT by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.)
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