DoJ: Uncle Sam bought forensics software from same Russian operation supplying FSB
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Prosecutors allege Oxygen presented itself to Uncle Sam as an independent US company, when it was actually owned and controlled by five Russian nationals through a Cyprus-based holding company. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Those same five people also owned a Russian outfit formerly known as Oxygen Software LLC and now called MKO Systems LLC. Oxygen's "current existence ... hangs in the balance," he is said to have added.NCFI went on to award Oxygen a five-year software contract in September 2024.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Prosecutors allege Oxygen presented itself to Uncle Sam as an independent US company, when it was actually owned and controlled by five Russi
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Those same five people also owned a Russian outfit formerly known as Oxygen Software LLC and now called MKO Systems LLC.
- ▪Oxygen's "current existence ... hangs in the balance," he is said to have added.NCFI went on to award Oxygen a five-year software contract in September 2024.
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| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:43:00 +0200 |
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