Overview
- Bryan Fleming admitted in the Southern District of California to selling software primarily designed to intercept communications, using an interstate sale to establish federal jurisdiction.
- Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations probed the operation since at least 2021, running an undercover outreach that captured marketing materials like “Catch a Cheating Husband.”
- Court documents say pcTattletale recorded victims’ activity by continuous video whenever a device was unlocked, in addition to collecting texts, emails, location data, and browsing history.
- The company collapsed after a 2024 breach exposed 138,751 customer accounts and vast stores of victim screenshots, according to prior reporting and court records.
- Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and forfeiture at sentencing, and the plea marks only the second U.S. stalkerware guilty plea since 2014.