On October 4, when we were one of the first news organizations to report on the arrest of Eugene Yu, a Chinese national and CEO of election software company Konnech, for allegedly storing election worker and other data on servers in China, we expressed surprise that Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon was the…
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office quietly dropped charges against Eugene Yu, CEO of the election software firm Konnech, citing “potential bias.” As we reported in October, Yu, a Chinese national, was accused of theft of personal identifying information. The criminal complaint alleged: “…Konnech employees known and unknown sent personal identifying information…
As we reported on October 4, Eugene Yu, a Chinese immigrant and CEO of Konnech, an election software company, was arrested “as part of an investigation into the possible theft of personal identifying information of [Los Angeles County election] workers,” which officials believed “was stored on servers in the People’s Republic of China.” The other…