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 via Getty Images
Company president says the agents were there "as part of an investigation into a company with which Carahsoft has done business in the past."
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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 raid was conducted sometime Tuesday morning, said one of the people, 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,” an 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 Route Fifty's parent company GovExec.
Carahsoft is also a major provider of cybersecurity, cloud and other services to state and local governments. The company has contracts in all 50 states, as well as several cities.
In an email sent Tuesday to employees, Carahsoft President Craig Abod said 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." A copy of the letter was obtained by Nextgov/FCW, a sister publication of Route Fifty.
A Carahsoft spokesperson noted that no one was arrested or detained and reaffirmed the company's cooperation with the Department of Justice investigation into a company with which they have done business.
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.
This story is breaking and may be updated. It was last updated at 8:24 p.m. on Sept. 24.
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