Allegations
Specifically he alleged that:
* At the behest of Rep. Tom Feeney, in September 2000, he was asked to write a program for a touchscreen voting machine that would make it possible to change the results of an election undetectably. This technology, explaned Curtis, could also be used in any electronic tabulation machine or scanner. Curtis (a lifelong Republican) assumed initially that this effort was aimed at detecting Democrat fraud, but later learned that it was intended to benefit the Republican Party. West Palm Beach was named as an intended target, but used punched card ballots in the 2000 elections; Curtis explained that the software could be used in any electronic tabulation machine or scanner. Curtis gave testimony under oath about this to the House Judiciary Committee Democrats on 2004-12-13.
* YEI employed Hai Lin "Henry" Nee, an illegal Chinese national, to work on a NASA contract and assisted him in passing secrets to the Chinese government. This included large NASA databases that were downloaded by the owner of the company and passed to Nee. Nee has since pled guilty to violating export regulations and received a $100 fine and a 3 year probation after admitting that he sent military secrets (missile guidance chips) to the capital of Communist China over 20 times.
* The owner's brother was thrown out of the country for spying and that the owner continuously passed information to this brother in China.
* YEI defrauded the Florida Department of Transportation. They were later found to have made "questionable charges" of $248,255. This was only a preliminary finding as the department was not allowed access to either the company's books or to interview their employees. Curtis filed a legal action to force a full investigation of fraud against the state.
Response to Allegations
YEI denies these allegations, and stated that Curtis was a disgruntled employee but withdrew these charges after Curtis produced a going away card from a party thrown in his honor.
Tom Feeney was quoted as saying the charges are,“some of the most ridiculous, fictional charges you could ever imagine.” Mr. Feeney also states that,“I don’t remember meeting Mr. Curtis.”
Investigations
Various people have investigated Curtis' claims, including Rep. John Conyers, Sen. Bill Nelson, the FBI, and CREW. No one has yet to find a single incident where Curtis allegations have been shown to be incorrect.
Raymond C. Lemme, a Florida DOT investigator, spent about a year investigating and told Curtis that he "had tracked the corruption 'all the way to the top', that the story would 'break in the next few weeks' and he would be satisfied with the results". This conversation occurred two weeks before his unexpected death on June 30, 2003, an apparent suicide in a town located 80 miles from where he resided.
On March 3, 2005, Curtis took a polygraph test. The test was given by Tim Robinson, the retired chief polygraph operator and 20-year veteran of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. In the results, Curtis was found to be completely truthful in all his responses. The test was based on all the allegations in the affidavit that was provided to several members of Congress.
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