AZMEX UPDATE 14 AUG 2017
Man arrested for trying to sell information to cartel for $2 million
Clayton Klapper
4:50 PM, Aug 7, 2017
11:26 AM, Aug 9, 2017
http://www.abc15.com/news/state/man-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-vital-dea-information-to-cartel-for-2-million
PHOENIX - A former employee at a large aerospace and technology company in Phoenix was arrested recently for allegedly trying to sell vital information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Mexican cartel leader.
According to court documents released from the FBI, Robert Miller is a former employee of a large Phoenix company and had access to multiple company passwords. After being let go from the company, Miller was allegedly looking to sell some of the information that he still had access to because of a separate login he had created before his departure.
ABC News said Honeywell International Inc., which has offices in Phoenix, confirmed Miller was an employee with them until February of 2017, but was terminated for unrelated reasons.
Someone tipped off the FBI to Miller's plan and helped set up a meeting that was supposed to be with the Mexican cartel.
Miller was allegedly asking for $2 million for the information.
After allegedly explaining to the undercover agent how to use the information, Miller was arrested without incident.
According to the FBI, Miller claimed he was actually trying to gain information from the cartel because he wanted to become a DEA informant.
Miller has been charged with two counts of computer fraud.
Stay with ABC15 and abc15.com for the latest on this developing situation.
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They stop a expert for trying to sell technology to narcos
Details Posted on Monday, August 14, 2017, Posted by Notimex
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Phoenix
An ex-employee of Honeywell Aerospace aerospace company in Phoenix was arrested by federal agents accused of illegally trespassing on the company's satellite tracking system to try to sell a drug cartel information on DEA movements.
According to a statement filed this week by a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent before the Federal Court in Phoenix, Arizona, Robert Miller, a satellite technology expert dismissed last February, expected to get about $ 2 million from selling the Secret codes of access to the company's high-tech localization system.
Miller, 45, owned the "passwords" to access multiple company servers and allegedly created his own access before being fired.
One person, self-styled as 'John Patriot' and later identified as Brandon Harris, alerted the company late last July about Miller's plans and then helped FBI agents set up a plan for his capture.
Miller was arrested after explaining how to use the codes to two undercover FBI agents posing as members of a drug trafficking organization willing to buy the information.
After being arrested on Aug. 4, Miller argued that he was actually trying to get information from the cartel because he wanted to become an informant for the Drug Control Administration? (DEA) of the United States. Honeywell's satellite tracking system (STS) is used by various government and military agencies, including the DEA, to track its air and sea equipment.
This technology, in the hands of a criminal organization, could be used to monitor the movements of DEA helicopters, airplanes, or ships, allowing drug traffickers to evade capture when smuggling narcotics into the United States. Miller will be presented Wednesday before a federal judge for a detention and notice of charges hearing
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