LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man accused by the Singapore[1] government of stealing a database of HIV patients has been jailed in the U.S. on federal charges of illegally possessing Singaporean identification documents.
Mikhy Farrera-Brochez[2] of Winchester was briefly in federal court in Lexington on Wednesday. A federal grand jury will meet to decide if Brochez[3] should be indicted on four U.S. charges related to the possession of the documents.
Last month, Singapore[4]’s health ministry accused Brochez[5] of stealing and leaking a pre-2013 database of 14,200 people who were infected with HIV. The ministry says Brochez[6] worked in Singapore[7] as a lecturer before he was jailed for several drug and fraud-related offenses and deported last year.
Brochez[8]’s attorney, Jay Oakley, said Wednesday that Brochez[9] is innocent of the charges.Copyright © 2019 The Washington Times, LLC. ...