Hacking Scheme

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Diplomatic immunity precluded jurisdiction in a case brought by Elliot Broidy, the former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, against a UN official, the Second Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hackingscheme.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. Broidy claimed his computer had been hacked and that the official had been paid by Qatar to participate in the hacking scheme. </span>

NEW YORK – Diplomatic immunity precluded jurisdiction in a case against a United Nations official brought by Elliot Broidy, the former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, the Second Circuit ruled . Broidy claimed his computer had been hacked and that the official had been paid by Qatar to participate in the hacking scheme.

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