Ex-inspector general at U.S. Department of Homeland Security indicted for stealing government property
By Sarah N. Lynch 6 hrs ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former top watchdog, tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, was indicted on Friday on charges he plotted to steal the government's proprietary software and confidential databases to boost his private business, the Justice Department said.
The indictment charges Charles K. Edwards, 59, who served as the acting inspector general at DHS from 2011 to 2013, as well as one of his subordinates, Murali Yamazula Venkata, with conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States, theft of government property, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Venkata, 54, also was charged with destroying records.
Reuters could not immediately identify attorneys representing the two.
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