美国司法部周三发表声明称，已对一家总部位于弗吉尼亚州的软件公司首席执行官及一名俄罗斯商人提起诉讼，指控他们多年来就该公司控制权归属问题向美国政府撒谎。
The Justice Department has charged the chief executive of a Virginia-based software company and a Russian businessman with lying to the U.S. government for years about who controlled the firm, according to a statement Wednesday.
此前，一名前员工公开提出了类似指控，促使Oxygen Forensics公司对其提起诉讼。
The case came after a former employee publicly made similar allegations that prompted Oxygen Forensics to sue him.
55岁的Oxygen Forensics首席执行官李·赖伯（Lee Reiber）周日在其居住地爱达荷州博伊西被捕，随后获保释。预计他将在未来几周内于洛杉矶联邦法院出庭受审。
Lee Reiber, 55, chief executive of Oxygen Forensics, was arrested Sunday in Boise, Idaho, where he lives, and released on bond. He is expected to be arraigned in federal court in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.
其同案被告、52岁的莫斯科居民奥列格·达维多夫（Oleg Davydov）同日在伦敦希思罗机场被捕，当时他正准备登机前往伊斯坦布尔。美国当局表示，预计将寻求对其引渡。
His co-defendant, Oleg Davydov, 52, of Moscow, was arrested the same day at London's Heathrow Airport, as he prepared to board a flight to Istanbul. U.S. authorities said they were expected to seek his extradition.
两人均被指控合谋实施电子欺诈，这是一项联邦重罪，最高可判处20年监禁。
Both men are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a federal offense that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Oxygen Forensics销售数字取证软件，执法机构和政府部门使用该软件从手机和电脑中提取并分析数据。据报道，其客户包括美国特勤局、国土安全调查局以及五角大楼目前的官方名称——战争部。
Oxygen Forensics sells digital forensics software that law enforcement and government agencies use to extract and analyze data from phones and computers. Its customers were reported to include the U.S. Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations and the Department of War, the Pentagon's current official name.
根据刑事起诉书，该公司多年来向这些机构声称其在美国独立拥有和运营，但检察官指控这一说法不实。文件称，达维多夫及其他四名俄罗斯公民通过一家位于塞浦路斯的控股公司秘密拥有并控制Oxygen Forensics，其软件由达维多夫指挥的俄罗斯团队编写。
According to a criminal complaint the company told those agencies for several years that it was independently owned and operated in the U.S. — a claim that prosecutors allege to be false. Davydov and four other Russian nationals secretly owned and controlled Oxygen Forensics through a holding company in Cyprus, and its software was written by a team in Russia that Davydov directed, according to the document.
赖伯于2022年3月出任首席执行官，就在华盛顿因俄罗斯入侵乌克兰而扩大对莫斯科制裁后，俄罗斯所有者的名字从该公司的公开文件中被移除前不久。
Reiber became CEO in March 2022, shortly before the Russian owners' names were removed from the company's public filings, in the wake of Washington expanding sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine.
起诉书称，这名俄罗斯所有人涉嫌在幕后保留控制权，决定雷伯的薪酬并拥有公司银行账户的控制权。根据起诉书，在2022年12月和2023年10月，雷伯签署了政府文件，虚假陈述该公司是独立的且没有外部所有人。
The Russian owners allegedly retained control behind the scenes, setting Reiber's pay and holding authority over the company's bank accounts. In December 2022 and October 2023, Reiber signed government paperwork falsely stating the company was independent and had no external owner, according to the complaint.
根据该认证，Oxygen在2024年成功获得了一份价值1200万美元、为期五年的特勤局培训部门合同。
That certification helped Oxygen secure a five-year, $12 million contract with a Secret Service training unit in 2024.
起诉书称，在2023年底一名记者询问该公司与俄罗斯的联系时，雷伯曾警告其俄罗斯合伙人，相关报道“可能会毁掉这整个机会”。检方表示就在今年3月，雷伯在与伪装成国土安全部官员的卧底特工进行的一通录音通话中，仍否认软件开发中存在任何俄罗斯所有权或参与。
When a reporter asked about the company's Russia ties in late 2023, Reiber warned his Russian partners the coverage "could destroy this entire opportunity," the complaint states. As recently as March, prosecutors say, Reiber denied any Russian ownership or involvement in the software's development during a recorded call with undercover agents posing as Homeland Security officials.
根据9月19日签发的搜查令，调查人员于上周查封了Oxygen公司的银行账户以及大约57个网页域名。
Investigators seized Oxygen's corporate bank accounts and roughly 57 of its web domains last week under a warrant issued Sept. 19.
政府的指控与前Oxygen员工马克斯·维斯伯格（Max Weissberg）今年2月在YouTube视频中提出的说法高度吻合，当时距离逮捕发生数月之久。
The government's allegations closely track claims made by Max Weissberg, a former Oxygen employee, in a YouTube video in February, months before the arrests.
维斯伯格称，该公司被一家与“克里姆林宫关系密切”的俄罗斯公司“秘密控制”，“100%的程序员都在俄罗斯”，而雷伯则是“收钱隐瞒真相”。Oxygen Forensics否认了这些说法，并于8月在弗吉尼亚州联邦法院起诉维斯伯格诽谤，称该视频是一场报复性活动的一部分。
Weissberg said the company was "secretly controlled" by a Russian firm with "close ties to the Kremlin", that "100% of the programmers are in Russia," and that Reiber was "paid to hide the truth." Oxygen Forensics denied those claims and sued Weissberg for defamation in August in federal court in Virginia, calling the video part of a retaliatory campaign.
检察官办公室公共信息官基兰·麦克沃伊（Ciaran McEvoy）在声明中表示，美国商务部工业与安全局正与战争部办公室（Department of War Office）合作调查Oxygen Forensics案，并指出所有被告在法庭被证明有罪之前均被推定为无罪。
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security is investigating the Oxygen Forensics case with assistance from the Department of War Office, Ciaran McEvoy, public information officer at the attorney's office said in the statement, noting that all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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