Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy government records just minutes after being fired from their contractor jobs.

The Department of Justice on Thursday said that Muneeb Akhter and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, of Alexandria, Virginia, deleted databases and documents maintained and belonging to three government agencies. The brothers were federal contractors working for an undisclosed company in Washington, DC, that provides software and services to 45 US agencies. Prosecutors said the men coordinated the crimes and began carrying them out just minutes after being fired.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    20 hours ago

    Was this during the doge days? If they already hacked the government, why were they let in again?

    brothers were federal contractors working for an undisclosed company in Washington, DC

    • amarynthia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      17·
      18 hours ago

      On February 18 at roughly 4:55 pm, the men were fired from the company, according to an unsealed on Thursday.

      Seems like it happened in Feb so might be related to DOGE

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
      14·
      17 hours ago

      The Doge days are over
      The doge days are done
      The FBI is coming
      So you OUU oo out better run.