Three former U.S. intelligence and military officials have agreed to pay $1.7 million to the U.S. government and admitted to providing hacking technology to the United Arab Emirates, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
Marc Baier, Ryan Adams, and Daniel Gericke made the admission as part of a first-of-its-kind deferred prosecution agreement, under which they are also to pay $1.68 million, cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation, cut ties with UAE intelligence and give up their security clearances.
The Justice Department agreed to drop the prosecution if the three men comply with the terms for three years.
The DOJ accuses the three men of computer fraud and violating export control laws by providing defense services without the required license.
The three men left a U.S.-based company that was operating in the UAE to join an Emirati company that would give them "Significant increases" in their salaries, according to court documents.
The charging documents don't name the companies involved, but Lori Stroud, a former National Security Agency employee, said she worked with the three men in the UAE at U.S.-based CyberPoint and then for UAE-based DarkMatter.
She quit DarkMatter when she realized the company was hacking U.S. citizens.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Three Former US Officials Admit to Providing Hacking Technology to UAE
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