Awan Brothers

The Awan Brothers and the DNC Hack

Under investigation by US Capitol Police, then FBI detained Imran July 25, 2017.

Imran Awan, married to Hina Alvi, and brother Abid Awan married to Ukrainian Natalia Sova, Jamal Awan and Rao Abbas were IT network specialists with questionable qualifications and large salaries.

Wasserman Schultz staffer arrested trying to leave the country The Hill

They started working for Xavier Becerra, (CA Atty General), Fmr. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-SW FL) in January 2004, Debbie Wasserman Schultz in 2005, a total of 30 known House Democrats including Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee members. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (NYC) and Yvette Clarke (NYC), and Marcia Rudge (D-OH)

House staffers under criminal investigation still employed Politico  By HEATHER CAYGLE  02/06/2017

“Imran Awan was first employed on Capitol Hill by former Rep. Robert Wexler in January 2004 as an “information technology director.” Awan has worked for at least 25 other House Democrats since that time as a shared employee providing technical support including to previous House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, currently the California attorney general.

Imran Awan has a longtime relationship with some members, including working for Meeks and Becerra starting in 2004 and joining Wasserman Schultz’s office in 2005.” https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staff-criminal-investigation-234714

House Democrats fire two IT staffers amid criminal investigation Politico

By HEATHER CAYGLE 03/01/2017 “Meeks was one of the first lawmakers Awan worked for after coming to Capitol Hill in 2004. He joined Wasserman Schultz’s office in 2005 and started working for Fudge in 2008.”  https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/house-democrats-it-staffers-hina-alvi-imran-awan-235569

IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence New York Post

By Paul Sperry August 19, 2017.  http://nyp.st/2vOsRi6

“Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say.

What started out 16 months ago as a scandal involving the alleged theft of computer equipment from Congress has turned into a national security investigation involving FBI surveillance of the suspects.

Alarm bells went off in April 2016 when computer security officials in the House reported “irregularities” in computer equipment purchasing. An internal investigation revealed the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in government property, and evidence pointed to five IT staffers and the Democratic Congress members’ offices that employed them.   The evidence was turned over to the House inspector general, who found so much “smoke” that she recommended a criminal probe, sources say. The case was turned over to Capitol Police in October.

When the suspected IT workers couldn’t produce the missing invoiced equipment, sources say, they were removed from working on the computer network in early February.

During the probe, investigators found valuable government data that is believed to have been taken from the network and placed on offsite servers, setting off more alarms. Some 80 offices were potentially compromised.

Most lawmakers fired the alleged “ringleader” — longtime IT staffer Imran Awan — in February. But Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former Democratic National Committee chief, kept Awan on her payroll until his arrest last month on seemingly unrelated charges of defrauding the congressional credit union.”

Kelly2277 Venture Capital Thread

The Steele Dossier mentions “Trump’s team using moles within DNC and hackers in the US as well as outside in Russia”

https://twitter.com/kelly2277/status/939287456070987776

 

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