Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
California mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said. Starting in late 2020 Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun worked together to operate a website called U.S. News Center that “purported…
Read MoreU.S. soldier threatened to ‘walk into a synagogue with my AK’ and ‘kill every single Jew,’ DOJ says
A soldier stationed at Fort Polk Army base in Louisiana was arrested after he threatened to walk into a synagogue and “kill every single Jew,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced Monday. Jakob Marcoulier, 22, was arrested last week and charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after he…
Read MoreSubstitute teacher, 19, accused of making online threats toward Loudoun County high school
A substitute teacher in northern Virginia is facing charges after authorities said they made threats online involving a high school in Loudoun County. Hayden Dollery, 19, of Chantilly, was taken into custody on April 20, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Dollery faces a charge of threats of bodily injury. The sheriff’s office said…
Read MoreEx-Duke Health employee charged with threats of mass violence against university
A former Duke Health employee was arrested this weekend for allegedly making threats of mass violence against Duke University. Duke University police issued a warrant for 31-year-old Nathaniel Jerrell’s arrest more than five months ago after he threatened his former coworkers and workplace in online posts in October with “bringing a gun or planting a…
Read MoreFlorida Man Working as a Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Deploy Ransomware and Extort U.S. Victims
A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. According to court documents, Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, collaborated with the operators of the Blackcat/ALPHV (“BlackCat”) ransomware variant used by cybercriminals to attack and extort institutions and companies. Beginning in…
Read MoreFormer Army Employee and Top Secret Clearance Holder Arrested and Charged with Leaking Classified National Defense Information
The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina yesterday and a federal grand jury indicted her today in connection with her alleged transmission of classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it, including a journalist (the Journalist). Williams allegedly violated 18 U.S.C. § 793(d). “Clearance holders accept a solemn obligation…
Read MoreEmployee accused of arson after paper goods warehouse destroyed in massive fire in Ontario
A warehouse employee was arrested on suspicion of arson after a massive fire destroyed the building in Ontario, prompting a large response from first responders overnight. The fire started shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near Hellman and Merrill avenues, according to the Ontario Fire Department. In total, 175 firefighters and 20 engines were on scene…
Read MoreFormer U.S. Air Force Pilot Arrested for Providing Defense Services to the Chinese Military
Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., also known by the call sign “Runner,” 65, a U.S. citizen, was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Brown was charged by criminal complaint for providing and conspiring to provide defense services to Chinese military pilots without authorization, in violation of the Arms Export Control…
Read MoreSri Lanka’s former intelligence chief arrested over 2019 Easter attacks
Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators have arrested the country’s former intelligence chief in connection with the wave of 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people and upended the nation’s tourism economic lifeline, police said. Retired Major-General Suresh Sallay was taken into custody at dawn in a suburb of the capital, police said on Wednesday. “He…
Read MoreGermany warns of increased Iranian espionage targeting the Bundeswehr
Germany’s military intelligence has heightened vigilance after Iran designated the Bundeswehr and other EU armed forces as “terrorist groups” in response to the European Union placing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on its terror list. The Iranian move, which Tehran framed as a countermeasure, creates a new threat environment for German military facilities and…
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