Arizona election auditor Cyber Ninjas shuts down after judge orders massive fine

Cyber Ninjas, a company hired by Arizona Republicans to audit the 2020 election ballots in Maricopa County, announced it is shutting down Thursday following a court ruling involving hefty fines.

The Maricopa Superior Court found the Florida company in contempt Thursday. It ordered it to comply with a prior ruling to release material related to a public record request or pay $50,000 a day in fines until it complies.

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“Yes, Cyber Ninjas is shutting down,” Rod Thomson, a spokesman for the company told the Washington Examiner.

Thomson said the decision to shut down the company came “well prior to that ruling” and declined to comment on the court decision.

Jack Wilenchik, a lawyer for Cyber Ninjas, said that the company was insolvent and could not afford to produce the requested records, an argument that did not go over well with Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah.

“The court is not going to accept the assertion that Cyber Ninjas is an empty shell and that no one is responsible for seeing that it complies,” the judge said in response, according to the Arizona Daily Sun.

Cyber Ninja’s CEO, reported Trump supporter Doug Logan, was let go from the company, which also fired several employees, Wilenchik said.

The judge also blocked Wilenchik from removing himself as the firm’s attorney. Wilenchik claimed he had not been paid by the company.

Maricopa County said Wednesday in its response report to the review led by Cyber Ninjas that over 22 claims were misleading, 41 assertions the company made were inaccurate, and 13 claims that were completely false. There were fewer than 100 questionable ballots cast in the election, and there were no “systemic issues,” the county said.

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The analysis of the nearly 2.1 million ballots that Cyber Ninjas led confirmed that President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in the populous county, though the audit received criticism from other election analysts.