Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
3 men accused of facilitating terrorism in alleged extremist plot denied bail
Three men facing terrorism-related charges in an alleged anti-government plot to forcibly take over land in the Quebec City region have been denied bail. Judge René de la Sablonnière made the decision in Quebec City’s courthouse Wednesday. The Crown opposed bail for Simon Angers-Audet, 24, Raphaël Lagacé, 25, and Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24. The three men…
Read More5 soldiers wounded at Fort Stewart in shooting; accused shooter identified as Army sergeant
Fort Stewart officials announced the identity of a suspect during a news conference after five soldiers were wounded in a shooting in southeast Georgia on Wednesday. During the news conference, Brig. General John Lubas, Fort Stewart and 3rd Infantry Division Commanding General, said the suspect was identified as 28-year-old Sgt. Quornelius Radford, a logistics sergeant.…
Read More‘Ideologically motivated violent extremism’: 4 Quebecers, including members of Canadian Armed forces, arrested
Four Quebecers, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who were allegedly involved in activities of “ideologically motivated violent extremism” with the intention of “forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area” have been arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Three of the accused, Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Quebec City,…
Read MoreJustice Department Charges Two Individuals with Acting as Agents of the PRC Government
Two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) made their initial appearances in federal court in Portland, Oregon, and Houston, Texas, yesterday to face charges issued out of the Northern District of California for acting as agents of the Government of the PRC without prior notification to the Attorney General. The defendants, Yuance Chen,…
Read MoreFormer CIA Analyst Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Unlawfully Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information
A former CIA analyst was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on social media platforms in October 2024. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an…
Read MoreU.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today for attempting to transmit national defense information to an officer or agent of a foreign government. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested today in northern Virginia, and will make his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia…
Read MoreFormer National Guardsman allegedly plotted ISIS-inspired attack on Michigan military facility
A former member of Michigan’s Army National Guard was arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass attack on a military facility near Detroit, according to newly unsealed court records. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, allegedly engaged in detailed attack planning to carry out a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments…
Read MoreFormer 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…
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