Bangladesh, Sept. 25 -- US prosecutors have charged the chief executive of a Virginia-based digital forensics company and a Russian national over allegations that they concealed the companys Russian ownership and Russia-based software development while selling forensic technology to American government agencies.

The case involves Oxygen Forensics, a company that provides digital forensic tools used to extract and analyze information from electronic devices. According to the US Department of Justice, prosecutors allege that the company presented itself to US government customers as an independent American business despite being controlled in part by Russian nationals.

Lee Reiber, 55, the chief executive officer of Oxygen Forensics, was a...