Apple’s head of global security was charged with bribery last week for allegedly promising to donate iPads to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office in exchange for concealed weapons permits, according to an indictment made public Monday.
According to the Washington Post:
The charges are part of a broader, two-year investigation into the sheriff’s office, according to a news release on the Santa Clara County district attorney’s website. The investigation explored an alleged scheme to trade concealed weapons permits in exchange for goods, such as iPads and expensive sports tickets.
Thomas Moyer, who has run Apple’s security department since 2013, according to his LinkedIn page, had applied for concealed weapons permits, according to the release. The sheriff’s office held up the application, the news release alleges, until Moyer agreed to get Apple to donate $70,000 worth of iPads.
Apple’s sprawling headquarters in Cupertino falls within Santa Clara County and is staffed with security. Concealed weapon permits, however, are rarely granted in the county.
The Santa Clara Undersheriff Rick Sung and Capt. James Jensen, who allegedly requested the bribes, were also indicted.
Jeff Rosen, the Santa Clara district attorney, said Sung and Jensen treated concealed carry permits “like commodities,” but he also faulted those who paid the bribes. “Bribe seekers should be reported to the District Attorney’s Office, not rewarded with compliance,” he said in a statement.
Apple and Moyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”
This is the full transcript of the indictment according to SCgov.com:
JEFFREY F, ROSEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO. 163589)
JOHN CHASE, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO, 152199)
MATTHEW D. BRAKER, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO. 160906)
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
70 West Hedding Street, West Wing
San Jose, CA 95110
Telephone: (408) 299-7400
Attorneys for the People of the State of California
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NOV 19 2020
Clark of the Court
Superlor Court of CA County of Santa Clara
BY. 6 DEPUTY
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NO.
Plaintiff,
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RICK SUNG and HARPREET CHADHA,
Defendant(s).
COUNT 1
The Grand Jury of the County of Santa Clara, State of Californi
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a hereby makes the following
accusation: On or about and between October 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018, in the County of
Santa Clara, State of California, the crime of ASKING F OR OR RECEIVING BRIBE BY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in violation of PENAL CODE SECTION 68(a), a Felony, was
committed by RICK SUNG, who did ask, receive, and agree to
teceive a bribe from Harpreet
Chadha, the defendant being a(n) executive officer of the County of Santa Clara, State of
California, upon an agreement and understanding that the vote, opinion and action of the
defendant upon any matter then pending and which might be brought before the defendant in
his/her official capacity, should be influenced thereby,
COUNT 2
The Grand Jury of the County of Santa Clara, State of California hereby makes the following
accusation: On or about and between December 7, 2018 and February 14, 2019, in the County
of Santa Clara, State of California, the crime of ASKING FOR OR RECEIVING BRIBE BY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in violation of PENAL CODE SECTION 68(a), a Felony, was
committed by RICK SUNG, who did ask, receive, and agree to receive a bribe from Harpreet
Chadha, the defendant being a(n) executive officer of the County of Santa Clara, State of
California, upon an agreement and understanding that the vote, opinion and action of the
defendant upon any matter then pending and which might be brought before the defendant in
his/her official capacity, should be influenced thereby.
COUNT 3
The Grand Jury of the County of Santa Clara, State of California hereby makes the following
accusation: On or about and between December 7, 2018 and February 14, 2019, in the County
of Santa Clara, State of California, the crime of BRIBING EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in
violation of PENAL CODE SECTION 67, a Felony, was committed by HARPREET
CHADHA, who did give and offer to an executive officer in the State of California a bribe,
luxury suite tickets to a San Jose Sharks hockey game, with the intent to influence the
executive officer in respect to an act, decision, vote, opinion, and other proceeding as such
officer,
Any defendant, including a juvenile, who is convicted of and pleads guilty and no contest to
any felony offense, including any attempt to commit the offense, charged in this indictment is
required to provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints and a full palm print impression of
each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required pursuant to the DNA
and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act of 1998 and Penal Code section 296,
et seq.
DISCOVERY REQUEST
Pursuant to Penal Code sections 1054 through 1054.7, the People request that, within 15 days,
the defendant and/or his/her attorney disclose: (A) The names and addresses of persons, other
than the defendant, he/she intends to call as witnesses at trial, together with any relevant written
or recorded statements of those persons, or reports of the statements of those persons, including
any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case, and including the results
of physical or mental examinations, scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons which the
defendant intends to offer in evidence at the trial; (B) Any real evidence which the defendant
intends to offer in evidence at the trial. This request is a continuing request, to cover not only
all such material currently in existence, but all material which comes into existence to the
conclusion of this case.
Jeffrey F. Rosen
District Attorney
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JOHN CHASE i
Deputy District Attorney
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NAMES OF WITNESSES EXAMINED BY THE GRAND JURY
ON THE FINDING OF THE FOREGOING INDICTMENT
Richard Glennon
James Neidig
Dave Gullo
Scott Vermeer
William Burns II
Eric Mueller
Michael Foulkes
Jamal Shourbaji
James Taranto
Michael Doty
Rich Urena
Jason Brown
Joseph Ziegler
Charu Shukla
Genevieve Wyman
Michael Jaynes
Tracy Ventimiglio
Kim Bourland
Florence Koga
Reginald Cooks
Nelly Mateos
Lara McCabe
Mike Honda
Dave Sanders
Dyanne Compton
Juan Gallardo
Drusilla Gaona
Raj Singh
Thuy Barnes
Jeff Nichols
Lacy Hyland
Robert Bonsall
JEFFREY F. ROSEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO. 163589)
JOHN CHASE, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO. 152199)
MATTHEW D. BRAKER, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(BAR NO. 160906)
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
70 West Hedding Street, West Wing
San Jose, CA 95110
Telephone: (408) 299-7400
Attorneys for the People of the State of California
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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Clerk of the Court
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COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NO.
Plaintiff,
VS. REDPCTED
INDICTMENT
RICK SUNG, JAMES JENSEN & THOMAS MOYER,
Defendant(s).
COUNT 1
The Grand Jury of the County of Santa Clara, State of California hereby makes the following
accusation: On or about and between February 8, 2019 and August 7, 2019, in the County of
Santa Clara, State of California, the crime of ASKING FOR OR RECEIVING BRIBE BY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in violation of PENAL CODE SECTION 68(a), a Felony, was
committed by RICK SUNG and JAMES J ENSEN, who did ask, receive, and apree to receive a
bribe from Thomas Moyer, the defendants being executive officers of the County of Santa
Clara, State of California, upon an agreement and understanding that the action of the
defendants upon any matter then pending and which might be brought before the defendants in
their official capacity, should be influenced thereby.
COUNT 2
The Grand Jury of the County of Santa Clara, State of California hereby makes the following
accusation: On or about and between February 8, 2019 and August 7, 2019, in the County of
Santa Clara, State of California, the crime of BRIBING EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in violation
of PENAL CODE SECTION 67, a Felony, was committed by THOMAS MOYER, who did
give and offer to an executive officer in the State of California a bribe, a promise of iPads to the
Sheriffs Office, with the intent to influence the executive officer in respect to an act, decision,
vote, opinion, and other proceeding as such officer.
Any defendant, including a juvenile, who is convicted of and pleads guilty and no contest to
any felony offense, including any attempt to commit the offense, charged in this indictment is
required to provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints and a full palm print impression of
each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required pursuant to the DNA
and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act of 1998 and Penal Code section 296,
et seq,
DISCOVERY REQUEST
Pursuant to Penal Code sections 1054 through 1054.7, the People request that, within 15 days,
the defendant and/or his/her attorney disclose: (A) The names and addresses of persons, other
than the defendant, he/she intends to call as witnesses at trial, together with any relevant written
or recorded statements of those persons, or reports of the statements of those persons, including
any Reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case, and incinding the results
of physical or mental examinations, scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons which the
defendant intends to offer in evidence at the trial; (B) Any real evidence which the defendant
intends to offer in evidence at the trial, This request is a continuing request, to cover not only
all such material currently in existence, but all material which comes into existence to the
conclusion of this case.
JOHN CHASE ¢
Deputy District Attorney
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NAMES OF WITNESSES EXAMINED BY THE GRAND JURY
ON THE FINDING OF THE FOREGOING INDICTMENT
Richard Glennon
James Neidig
Dave Gullo
Scott Vermeer
William Burns It
Eric Mueller
Michael Foulkes
Jamal Shourbaji
James Taranto
Michael Doty
Rich Urena
Jason Brown
Joseph Ziegler
Charu Shukla
Genevieve Wyman
Michael Jaynes
Tracy Ventimiglio
Kim Bourland
Florence Koga
Reginald Cooks
Nelly Mateos
Lara McCabe
Mike Honda
Dave Sanders
Dyanne Compton
Juan Gallardo
Drusilla Gaona
Raj Singh
Thuy Barnes
Jeff Nichols
Lacy Hyland
Robert Bonsall
