Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government
A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information, including sensitive, non-public U.S. military information, to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Chinese government. Korbein Schultz, 25, of Wills Point, Texas, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiring to…
Read MoreFormer FAA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Acting as an Agent of the Iranian Government
Former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor Abouzar Rahmati, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Great Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act and acting as an agent of the Iranian government in the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. According to court documents, from at least December 2017…
Read MoreUS border agents charged with taking bribes to let in undocumented migrants
Two US border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking bribes to allow people to enter the country without showing documents, according to prosecutors. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez were charged after investigators found phone evidence showing they had exchanged messages with human traffickers in Mexico…
Read MoreFormer Colombian Navy Lieutenant Sentenced to 15 Years for Helping Sell Locations of Navy Drug Interdiction Vessels to International Drug Traffickers
On Wednesday, Cesar Augusto Romero Caballero, of Colombia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge James Moody Jr. for conspiracy to distribute cocaine having reasonable cause to believe it would be unlawfully imported into the United States. Romero Caballero pleaded guilty on April 8, 2024. According to court documents, Caballero,…
Read MoreHospital worker sentenced to Life for plot to attack RAF Menwith Hill and St James’s Hospital
Mohammad Sohail Farooq (18.10.1995) has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 37 years, for plotting to attack RAF Menwith Hill and St James’s Hospital. Farooq was convicted of preparing for an act of terrorism last July. During a three-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court the jury heard how the clinical support…
Read MoreCourt documents released on a Fort Carson Soldier accused of stealing an explosive device
An active duty Fort Carson soldier, 41-year-old Joshua King, is being accused of stealing C4 off the post. According to court documents, the explosive was found when the soldier’s ex-wife was cleaning at her residence. She claims she discovered it on top of a dresser inside the garage when going to collect a knife collection.…
Read MorePentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice at court-martial
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman convicted of federal offenses for leaking sensitive information online, pleaded guilty Thursday to a military charge of obstructing justice, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to ABC News. A military court-martial convened this week at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts on charges alleging Teixeira violated the Uniform…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Illegally Export Sensitive Technology to China
David C. Bohmerwald, 63, the owner of a Raleigh-based electronics resale business called Components Cooper Inc., pleaded guilty to attempting to export accelerometer technology with military applications to China without a license, in violation of the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when sentenced. According to…
Read MoreFormer Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago
A former Navy sailor has pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to plotting to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, Illinois, purportedly on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, of North Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty to conspiring to and attempting to willfully injure and destroy national…
Read MoreInvestigations launched, NSW Health nurses stood down over video making threatening comments about Israeli patients
Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients. The clip was shared by content creator Max Veifer speaking to Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, both of whom have been confirmed to be health workers from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney’s…
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