Former Federal Employees Sentenced for Software Theft Conspiracy

Jan. 29, 2024, 6:15 PM UTC

Murali Y. Venkata, Charles K. Edwards, and Sonal Patel were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to steal proprietary software and sensitive law-enforcement databases, according to the Justice Department on Friday.

They were convicted for conspiring to steal proprietary US software and databases containing sensitive law-enforcement information and the personally identifying information of more than 200,000 federal employees from DHS-OIG and USPS OIG to create a commercial software product to be offered for sale to government agencies, the DOJ said.

Venkata formerly served as acting branch chief of the information technology division of the US Department of Homeland ...

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