Mauda $1.6 million already ran. Puerto Rico’s 144 already ran. Seei’s 300 already ran. This is the unused Wednesday complaint.
U.S. Justice Department, announced Wednesday (Patch 4:21 p.m. ET): Lee Reiber, 55, of Boise, Idaho, and Oleg Sergeyevich Davydov, 52, of Moscow, charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum of 20 years. The company is Oxygen Forensics Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, digital-forensics software. Prosecutors: from March 2022 to 2026 it sought U.S. government contracts — Department of War, Secret Service and its National Computer Forensics Institute, Homeland Security Investigations, and the DHS inspector general. Sought is not awarded-dollar we have on this page. We will not invent a contract total.
DOJ: Oxygen Forensics, established by Davydov in 2013, presented itself as owned by Reiber, an American. Prosecutors say five Russian nationals, including Davydov, owned and controlled it through a Cyprus holding company. A predecessor Russian firm, Oxygen Software LLC, later MKO Systems LLC, sold software developed in Russia to Russian customers including the FSB, the Investigative Committee, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the release said. After 2022 sanctions widened, Reiber was installed as CEO, president, and chairman in March of that year and the Russian owners were taken off public filings, prosecutors allege — while those owners still made major decisions, ran the bank accounts, and controlled his pay. Reiber allegedly certified, more than once, that no foreign person had power over the firm.
The complaint does not allege the software contained malicious code or was used to gain unauthorized access to any customer’s systems or data. Reiber was arrested Sunday in Idaho, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court there, and was released on bond; arraignment is expected in Los Angeles. Davydov was arrested Sunday at London Heathrow before a flight to Istanbul. The United States expects to seek extradition. A magistrate in the Central District of California on Sept. 19 authorized seizure of corporate bank accounts, about 57 domains, and other infrastructure; those were seized Sept. 20. A seizure is not a verdict.
What this means for you
If you needed this morning’s $1.6 million alleged, it still stands. If you needed this afternoon’s 144, it still stands. If you needed tonight’s unused crime, it is two names, one charge, no malware alleged. Charges, not convictions.
Bottom line: Reiber 55, Davydov 52, conspiracy charged. Five Russians alleged. Not a verdict. Not Mauda.
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