Prosecutors accuse the Konnech CEO of stealing poll workers' data, which did not affect any election result or the counting of votes.
a company which has been the target of 2020 election conspiracy theorists, is accused of theft of personal information, with hard drives and other digital evidence seized by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
The District Attorney's Office said in a statement on Tuesday that Konnech won a $2.9 million, five-year contract with LA County for its PollChief software, which tracks election workers' assignments, communications and payroll. As part of the contract Konnech was supposed to keep the data in the United States, and only allow permanent residents to have access to it. However, the information was stored on servers in China, according to the DA's office.
A poll worker helps voters who speak English as a second language at the Beverly Hills City Hall voting center set up in a parking garage on October 28, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, has been arrested suspicion of theft of personal identifying information in relation to his poll worker software.
"But security in all aspects of any election is essential so that we all have full faith in the integrity of the election process," District Attorney George Gascón said."Any LA County poll worker data that Konnech may have possessed was provided to it by LA County, and therefore could not have been 'stolen' as suggested," the company said.
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