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FAA Employee Charged for Data Leak

Brian Booth, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, is being charged with one count of disclosing confidential information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1905. From July 2020 to December 2020, Booth disclosed without authorization the identities of individuals who had their aircraft maintenance or piloting privileges revoked. This information, which Booth obtained through his employment, was confidential and not authorized to be disclosed to others. He faces charges for divulging confidential statistical data and other information related to specific persons obtained through his role at the FAA.

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FAA Employee Charged for Data Leak

Brian Booth, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, is being charged with one count of disclosing confidential information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1905. From July 2020 to December 2020, Booth disclosed without authorization the identities of individuals who had their aircraft maintenance or piloting privileges revoked. This information, which Booth obtained through his employment, was confidential and not authorized to be disclosed to others. He faces charges for divulging confidential statistical data and other information related to specific persons obtained through his role at the FAA.

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Case 1:21-cr-00033-CJN Document 12 Filed 01/28/21 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Criminal No.


:
v. :
:
BRIAN JOSEPH BOOTH, : Violation:
:
Defendant. : 18 U.S.C. § 1905
: (Disclosure of Confidential
: Information)

INFORMATION

The United States Attorney charges that:

COUNT ONE

From on or about July 1, 2020 to on or about December 31, 2020, in the District of

Columbia and elsewhere, the defendant BRIAN BOOTH being an officer or employee of the

United States and of any department and agency thereof, did publish, divulge, disclose, and make

known in any manner and to any extent not authorized by law any information coming to him in

the course of his employment and official duties, which information concerns and relates to the

trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, and apparatus, and to the identity, confidential

statistical data, amount and source of any income, profits, losses, and expenditures of any person,

firm, partnership, corporation, and association; that is, BRIAN BOOTH, being an employee of the

Federal Aviation Administration, did disclose in a manner not authorized by law, the identity of

individuals who had their aircraft maintenance or piloting privileges revoked.


Case 1:21-cr-00033-CJN Document 12 Filed 01/28/21 Page 2 of 2

(Disclosure of Confidential Information, Generally, in Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1905)

MICHAEL SHERWIN
Acting United States Attorney
for the District of Columbia

By: /s/Elizabeth Aloi


Elizabeth Aloi
NY Bar: 4457651
Assistant United States Attorney
Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
555 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Elizabeth.Aloi@usdoj.gov
202-252-7212

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