Terry Liu
person
Also written as: Terry “Jiajia” Liu · Liu · the supervisor · the man · him · he
Involved in
- Terry Liu was arrested and charged.
- Liu said he was trying to make the computers more efficient.
- Terry Liu described himself as a native of Guangzhou, China.
- Terry Liu worked as a CBP supervisor at the Calais Port of Entry, with duties stretching to the Ferry Point and Milltown crossings.
- Footage shows Liu carrying computers into a training room, popping side panels, pulling processors, scraping thermal paste, installing replacements, and hooking the machines back up to monitors, keyboards, and network cables.
- Terry Liu was caught on hidden camera tearing apart government computers, ripping out processors and memory, stuffing in cheaper parts, and plugging the machines back into CBP’s network.
- Liu admitted to the FBI on September 9 that he used CBP parts in Newegg’s trade‑in program for store credit.
- Liu appeared to log in with his government ID at one point.
- Prosecutors cite Liu’s frequent international travel, financial resources, foreign connections, and a home close to Canada that might allow him to evade an ankle monitor.
- Liu is charged with theft of government property and destruction of government property.
- A Washington County source told The Maine Wire that Liu was grabbed at Bangor International Airport while trying to catch a flight to China.
- Liu knew the swaps degraded performance.
- Another camera later caught Liu pulling a memory module and dropping it in his desk drawer.
- Liu said he did it because he was angry about how long CBP repairs took.
- Port Director Theodore Cummings told Liu in writing in March 2025 not to move any computers or computer parts.
- Prosecutors want Liu held.
- Terry Liu has posted images suggesting he voted in 2020.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Chinese National Working as CBP Supervisor at Maine-Canada Border Caught on Camera Swapping Hardware Inside Homeland Security Computers — Then Putting Them Back on the Government Network · 2026-09-14 18:03