LAHORE: Pakistan-born CEO of development firm InvoCode Hammad Akbar has been indicted in case for conspiring to advertise and sell a mobile spyware application.
Lahore-based Hammad Akbar who is CEO of the U.K.-based company allegedly created the StealthGenie app, which intercepts communications to and from Apple, Google, and BlackBerry phones.
FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe said that the service advertised by Hammad allowed stalkers and criminals to gain access to confidential communications. Akbar was held in Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and appeared in a California district court the other day.
