Former Acting DHS IG Pleads Guilty to Stealing Proprietary Software
Charles Edwards, former acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to his role in a scheme to steal "proprietary software and sensitive databases" from the federal government, the U.S. Attorney's…
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Office for the District of Columbia said. Edwards worked for DHS-OIG from 2008 to 2013, where he had access to software systems for case management and for storing sensitive personal identification information of employees. Edwards left DHS and founded Delta Business Solutions. The government said that from at least 2015 to 2017, he stole software from DHS-OIG to use in developing commercial case management software that his company could then sell to government agencies, it said.