The bribery charges brought against Apple’s chief security officer, Thomas Moyer, were dropped by a Superior Court judge, who said there was no evidence to back up the charge. The same goes for two police officers.
The case was bizarre, in which prosecutors alleged that Moyer offered $ 70,000 worth of iPads in exchange for granting concealed weapons permits to members of Apple’s executive protection team …
Background
Last year, Moyer applied for concealed weapons licenses for four Apple employees tasked with protecting top executives. The granting of such permits is at the discretion of the sheriff’s office, and it was alleged that two police officers withheld the permit until they were offered a bribe.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Rick Sung and Sheriff Capt.James Jensen withheld four gun permits for Apple employees until Moyer agreed to donate 200 iPads, worth $ 70,000, to the sheriff’s office. of Santa Clara County.
Moyer’s attorney at the time said Apple’s security chief was just a bystander in a dispute between two law enforcement branches.
Ed Swanson, Moyer’s attorney, said his client ‘did nothing wrong and has acted with the utmost integrity throughout his career. We have no doubt that he will be acquitted at trial.
Swanson said Moyer was “collateral damage” in an ongoing dispute between the sheriff and the district attorney.
Apple conducted an internal investigation into the alleged incident and found no wrongdoing.
Apple security chief sees case dismissed
. reports that the case has now been dismissed.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Eric S. Geffon determined Tuesday that Moyer had been in discussions with the Sheriff’s Office about permits for more than a year at the time of the 2019 meeting. [about iPads]. By then, Geffon wrote, the evidence suggests that Moyer believed the permits were already approved and would be issued soon.
Geffon said prosecutors were wrong to claim that Moyer had some corrupt intent by offering to donate the iPads.
“This argument is pure speculation and is not supported by the evidence presented to the grand jury,” Geffon wrote.
Additionally, Geffon wrote that Moyer’s offer to donate the iPads to the Sheriff’s Office, rather than a specific officer, and the fact that Moyer followed all of Apple’s internal rules in requesting a donation, showed a lack of intent. corrupt.
Moyer thanked the court and thanked Apple for its “unwavering support.”
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