Secret Service bought Russian-developed forensic tool after CEO concealed foreign ownership

A Virginia-based firm, Oxygen Forensics Inc., secretly owned by a group of Russian nationals, sold digital forensic software to the U.S. Secret Service. Prosecutors allege CEO Lee Reiber misrepresented the company’s ownership and development location, claiming it was U.S.-based while five Russian owners, including CTO Oleg Davydov, actually controlled it and wrote the code in Russia. Reiber is accused of knowing the government’s security concerns about Russian-origin software since 2018 and of using U.S. cloud infrastructure to mask the true origin.

Both men were arrested—Reiber in Idaho and Davydov at London Heathrow—and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The software, intended for data recovery without altering original files, was tied to a five-year, $12 million contract awarded by the National Computer Forensics Institute, which relied on Reiber’s false certification. The Justice Department has not alleged malicious code or unauthorized access to Secret Service systems.