US court filing via CourtListener RECAP: United States v. Hwa
U.S. Business #1, a software development company located in Oregon: IT worker hired under M.A. identity; extortion and leak of proprietary information · On or about September 19, 2019 onward; extortion demand and on or about March 9, 2022 leak
SOK KWANG HYOK stated that if the money was not paid, he would publicly post U.S. Business #1's proprietary business information. U.S. Business #1 refused to pay SOK KWANG HYOK. On or about March 9, 2022, SOK KWANG HYOK used an account registered using the M.A. identity to post U.S. Business #1's proprietary information on a public website for software development, which caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss and damage to U.S. Business #1. [Case No. 4:24-cr-00648, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; filing: REDACTED INDICTMENT returned in open court on 12/11/24 to Judge Joseph S. Dueker by the Foreperson of the Grand Jury. Re]