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N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Former Cybersecurity Consultant Arrested for $1.5 Million Extortion Scheme Against IT Company
May 02, 2024
NEW YORK, May 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on May 1, 2024:

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VINCENT CANNADY was arrested in connection with his scheme to extort a publicly traded information technology infrastructure services provider of up to $1.5 million by threatening to publicly disclose the company's confidential and proprie . . .

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