FC: Justice Department's statement on P-Tech raid

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U.S. Department of Justice

Michael J. Sullivan
United States Attorney
District of Massachusetts


Press Office: (617) 748-3139John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, Massachusetts  02210
December 6, 2002

STATEMENT OF U.S. ATTORNEY MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN

Last night a search warrant was executed at the offices of P-Tech located 
in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The search was conducted without incident by investigators from U.S. 
Customs, FBI, IRS, Secret Service, INS and the Massachusetts State Police. 
The affidavit filed in support of the search warrant is under a 
court-ordered seal and at this time, no further information about the 
search warrant can be disclosed.
The search was conducted in connection with an on-going financial crime 
investigation.  Media characterizations of this as a terrorist 
investigation are premature.
Due to P-Tech's status as a provider of software to agencies of the U.S. 
Government, there have been questions raised concerning their 
products.  All of the products provided to the Government were of a 
non-classified nature.  However, out of an abundance of caution, the 
affected Government agencies, including the FBI, conducted a review of 
their computer systems.  There is no reason to believe that the software 
has any secondary purpose or malicious code, or that there has been a 
breach of any kind.  There have been no vulnerabilities identified in 
connection with any of the products provided by P-Tech.  There is also no 
evidence to suggest that the system is susceptible to compromise or poses 
any security risk.
We have no further comment at this time on this on-going investigation.




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