thedailycaller | A criminal suspect in an investigation into a major security breach
on the House of Representatives computer network has abruptly left the
country and gone to Pakistan, where her family has significant assets
and VIP-level protection, a relative and others told The Daily Caller
News Foundation’s Investigative Group.
Hina Alvi, her husband Imran Awan, and his brothers Abid and Jamal were highly paid shared IT administrators working for multiple House Democrats until their access to congressional IT systems was terminated Feb. 2 as
a result of the investigation. Capitol Police confirmed the
investigation is ongoing, but no arrests have been reported in the case.
The Awans are “accused of stealing equipment from members’ offices
without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal,
violations on the House IT network,” according to Politico. Many
of the Democrats who employed the Awans are members of the House
Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (A list of potentially
compromised members is listed below.)
Their positions gave them access to members’ emails and confidential files.
In addition, Imran was given the password for an iPad used by
then-Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a
Florida Democrat. The five came to the U.S. from Pakistan.
Since the investigation became public, the Awans have abruptly moved from longtime homes in Lorton and Springfield, Va.
