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US: Two Indian Employees Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Data From US Govt

Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were sentenced for a conspiracy to steal proprietary software and sensitive law-enforcement databases from the US government for use in a commercial venture. Two are Indians among them.

Sonal Patel, 49, of Sterling in Virginia was sentenced to two years of probation, In April 2019, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government property.

Murali Y Venkata, 58, of Aldie, Virginia, was sentenced to four months in prison and the jury convicted him in April 2022 of conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and destruction of records.

Charles K Edwards, 63, of Sandy Springs, Maryland was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. He pleaded guilty in January 2022.

This post was last modified on 2 February 2024 10:10 pm

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