The recent unsealing of a grand jury multi-count indictment for Nikolas Sharp provides a unique and convoluted series of criminal events. It seems Sharp undertook to put approximately $2 million into his pocket via a data theft and extortion effort, with a twist of “whistleblower” claims thrown in to confuse investigators in an attempt at self-exoneration.
As with many criminal enterprises, they reach their point of collapse when everything goes toes up. When Sharp’s employer Ubiquiti Networks essentially told the criminal extorting them to pound sand, they no doubt felt this grand scheme was dying a fast death.
According to Sharp’s LinkedIn page, he had the role of “cloud lead” for Ubiquiti from August 2018 to March 2021. By all accounts, he was a trusted member of the Ubiquiti team.
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