FBI raids government IT and cyber contractor Carahsoft
The FBI seal on bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. The bureau confirmed it had raided the offices of government technology provider Carahsoft on Sept. 24, 2024. krblokhin/Getty Images
Company president tells employees raids was part of an investigation into another company that Carahsoft has done business with in the past.
The FBI raided the Reston, Virginia headquarters of IT, software and cybersecurity services provider Carahsoft Technology Corp. on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The company said that the agents are conducting an investigation into a company Carahsoft did business with in the past.
A company spokeswoman declined to name that company.
"Carahsoft is fully cooperating on this matter," she said. "We are operating business as usual."
No one was arrested or detained, the spokeswoman said.
The raid was conducted sometime Tuesday morning, said one person, who asked not to be identified due to the matter’s sensitivity.
“We can confirm that the FBI conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity on Sunset Hills Road this morning. We decline to comment further,” and FBI spokesperson said in a statement.
Carahsoft is a privately held provider of IT services and software to the public sector. It has secured billions of dollars in contracts with agencies like the Social Security Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Treasury, according to GovTribe, a federal market intelligence platform owned by Nextgov/FCW parent company GovExec.
Carahsoft employees were told the agents were there "as part of an investigation into a company with which Carahsoft has done business in the past" and that the company is fully cooperating and "operating business as usual," according to an email sent by company President Craig Abod and obtained by Nextgov /FCW.
Several notes and images of what appeared to be the raid were posted in a Reddit channel purportedly used by company employees. Nextgov/FCW could not immediately verify the contents of the images, though one appeared to show a group of FBI agents dressed in uniform walking through the office. Another image obtained separately by Nextgov/FCW showed a trio of FBI agents dressed in uniform walking into a building entrance.
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