Every actor named in the public record.
What follows is a structured index of the individuals and entities that appear by name in the Cyberlux record — court filings, OTC Markets disclosures, federal lobbying registrations, the Rosen indictment, and the SEC's parallel civil action. Each entry is sourced to a public document. The categories reflect the structural role each actor plays in the case rather than any allegation about that actor.
The principal subject and its named insiders
Nevada-incorporated public reporting company traded on OTC Markets under ticker CYBL. Subject of the $78.8 million HII subcontract; placed in Caveat Emptor status by OTC Markets in December 2022; placed in limited Texas receivership in May 2025.
Chief Executive Officer of Cyberlux. Sworn signatory on every annual report from FY2022 through FY2025. Named individually in Atlantic Wave Holdings v. Cyberlux. Authority over all corporate disbursements above $100,000 per the bank record. Personally calculated the Fairwinds commission figure of $2,348,542 per the interpleader record.
Co-signatory on Cyberlux OTC annual reports for fiscal years 2022, 2024, and 2025 alongside Schmidt under the standard certification that the disclosure does not omit material facts.
Cyberlux Chief Restructuring Officer. Recipient of two convertible promissory notes issued by Cyberlux on February 27, 2023 and March 21, 2023, each in principal amount of $100,000. Notes subsequently transferred to Eris Cali in November 2024; Cyberlux agreed to issue 260,000,000 shares in full settlement per the FY2025 annual report.
Recipient of a $25,000 transfer from the Cyberlux main operating account on April 11, 2024, identified in the Atlantic Wave Holdings interpleader filing aggregating Schmidt-controlled disbursements totaling $4,417,205.06.
Identified in court filings as Cyberlux Special Counsel. OTC Markets disclosure concerns in the December 2022 Caveat Emptor designation included a 50,000,000 share issuance to Watts.
Identified in the Cyberlux FY2023 Annual Report as the fractional CFO who prepared the financial statements.
The five intermediaries with documented contingent commission claims against the contract
Filed suit against Cyberlux April 24, 2025 for non-payment of commissions, claiming a 20% profit-share allocation on the $78.8 million contract. The actual claim against shipped product was approximately $3 million. The aspirational figure represents what the commission architecture would have paid had the contract performed.
Filed suit against Cyberlux June 23, 2025 in Texas seeking a 5% commission — more than $3.5 million — for "brokering" the Ukraine drone contract from HII. The principal is identified in the public record under two names: Denis Montague and Denis Kalenja. The Cyberlux Contract Timeline document in the litigation record names Kalenja as a participant in the September 8, 2023 Datron acquisition transaction.
Holder of a July 12, 2022 Letter Agreement entitling it to $2.5 million for "sourcing and winning" the contract. Principal Michael Sinensky publicly stated the commission on May 22, 2025 in a tweet describing it as payment for "getting it done." Filed motion to intervene in the HII interpleader on August 6, 2025.
Principal of WeShield / Assure Global LLC. Posted public statement on X describing the $2.5 million commission as payment for "getting it done" referring to the $78.8 million HII contract.
Held a contingent commission agreement entitling it to 8% on the first 1,000 drones shipped under the contract — value $2,348,542, personally calculated by Schmidt per the interpleader record. Simultaneously the registered lobbying client of JMH Group from Q3 2022 through Q4 2022 (with Cyberlux as "partner") and again in Q2–Q4 2024. Intervened in the HII interpleader on August 20, 2025.
UK private limited company incorporated in London on September 25, 2023 by Carson John Tucker. Recipient of a $994,460 wire from the Cyberlux main operating account on October 16, 2023 — approximately three weeks after incorporation. The HII subcontract prohibited third-party payments without HII approval; no approval is documented in the public record.
Sole director and signatory of G2G Global LTD per UK Companies House records. Prior corporate entities listed as engaged in "strategic diversion" advisory work.
The financial track running parallel to the procurement contract — defendants in the January 2026 federal indictment and SEC complaint
Resident of La Jolla, California. Co-managing partner of RB Capital Partners, Inc.; sole director of Seapoint Capital Partners, Inc. and Rosen Capital, LLC. Posted as @BrettRosen325 on X. Indicted January 16, 2026 (unsealed January 21, 2026) for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and money laundering. Cyberlux (CYBL) is one of the named issuers in the charged conduct. Also known as Brett Hackspacher per the indictment caption.
Resident of La Jolla, California. Married to Brett Rosen. Secretary and co-owner of RB Capital Partners since November 2017. Indicted on the same charges as Rosen. The SEC complaint alleges Braun was a control person and provided substantial assistance to the scheme, including tracking RB Capital's sales of issuer stock.
Resident of Escondido, California. Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. (SIRC) CEO from March 2016 until his resignation on May 15, 2023. Named as defendant in the SEC parallel civil action; not named in the criminal indictment. SEC alleges Massey directed Solar to issue a February 2023 press release falsely claiming a $10 million bank credit line, causing a 40% same-day stock price increase.
California corporation based in La Jolla. Made five loan payments to Cyberlux totaling approximately $5,250,000 between October 25, 2021 and July 12, 2022. Sold approximately $11.5 million of CYBL stock between October 2021 and November 2022 while Rosen made public statements denying the sales. Filed civil suit against Cyberlux on August 12, 2024 in S.D. Cal. for breach of contract on convertible notes totaling $5,686,960.
Two entities of which Brett Rosen is the sole director, identified by name in the federal indictment's opening paragraph describing the defendants (US v. Rosen et al., 3:26-cr-00192-DMS, page 2, paragraph 1). The indictment names them as part of the corporate structure Rosen controlled during the period of the charged conduct. Neither entity is itself a defendant.
The two registered lobbying firms and their named lobbyists who appear in the LD-1/LD-2 record
Registered Cyberlux lobbyist on the defense track. Filed first quarterly disclosure October 7, 2022 for Fairwinds Technologies LLC (Cyberlux as "partner"); registered Cyberlux directly effective March 1, 2023; reverted to Fairwinds-fronted filings in Q2 2024. Peak quarterly office count: 23 offices in Q1 2024.
Principal of JMH Group. Signed every JMH disclosure on the Cyberlux account from Q3 2022 through Q4 2024 without exception. Recipient of a personal $2,500 convertible promissory note from Cyberlux dated August 26, 2023 — three days before the contract award — convertible at $0.0016 per share, per Cyberlux's FY2024 OTC annual report convertible debt schedule.
Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve. Former Deputy Commanding General of the JFK Special Warfare Center. Identified by Schmidt in the June 2022 Signal chat as a priority Cyberlux Advisory Board candidate. Listed as a JMH Group lobbyist on Cyberlux LD-2 filings. Recipient of a $2,500 personal convertible note from Cyberlux on the same date as Yessaian (August 26, 2023). Recipient — through JMH Consulting Group Inc. — of 10,000,000 shares of Cyberlux common stock issued March 26, 2024 under a Consulting Agreement at $0.001 per share, while the Stop Work Order was active.
Registered as Cyberlux lobbyist effective December 7, 2023 on the financial regulatory track. Initial issue code: FIN — OTC regulations and oversight, capital markets. Added DEF (defense) issue code in Q3 2024. Peak quarterly income: $30,000 in Q1 2024 (a 600% increase from Q4 2023).
Principal of 1607 Strategies. Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator David Vitter; former Senate Banking Committee staff. Mandate covers the OTC regulatory environment in which Cyberlux's Caveat Emptor designation had been issued.
Added to the Cyberlux account at 1607 Strategies in Q3 2024. Prior position: Legislative Aide, Office of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) — the Senate office most consistently targeted in the complete Cyberlux lobbying record.
Members and committees named in the LD-2 lobbying disclosures
First appears in the Cyberlux lobbying record in Q3 2023 — the contract quarter. Contacted three consecutive quarters (Q3 2023, Q4 2023, Q1 2024). Per OpenSecrets H1 2023 data, HII (Huntington Ingalls) was the primary defense-sector contributor to Kaine's campaign — concurrent with Cyberlux's most aggressive lobbying of his office. Left the Senate in January 2025.
First Congressional office contacted in the entire Cyberlux lobbying record (Q3 2022). Represents Virginia's 1st district, which includes Newport News — home to Newport News Shipbuilding, the dominant HII division. HIIPAC contributed $537,000 to federal candidates in the 2021–2022 cycle and $609,500 in 2023–2024.
The Senate office most consistently named in the Cyberlux lobbying record from Q3 2022 onward. The hire of Cruz's former Legislative Aide, Hailey Miller, by 1607 Strategies in Q3 2024 consolidated the defense and financial-regulatory lobbying tracks through a single appointment with direct prior access to this office.
Contacted in JMH/Cyberlux LD-2 filings in Q1 and Q2 2023.
The U.S. government parties through whom the contract flowed
Subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries. The prime contractor on the OASIS+ task order under which Cyberlux was the subcontractor. Awarded Cyberlux subcontract P000043846 on August 29, 2023 at $78,857,414.20 firm fixed price. Issued the Stop Work Order on December 22, 2023 and terminated the contract for convenience on May 17, 2024. Filed the interpleader in the Eastern District of Virginia on June 24, 2025 and was discharged with prejudice on February 20, 2026.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division procurement officer. Author of the March 9, 2023 email to HII confirming "congressional approval has already been received" on the funding release. NSWC Crane is also where the partial drone deliveries were eventually returned post-termination.
Issued the February 24, 2023 Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative fact sheet listing the CyberLux K8 by name as committed assistance, six months before the FMF subcontract that was supposed to deliver the platform at scale was awarded.
General Services Administration / Federal Systems Integration and Management Center. Contracting officer authority on the OASIS+ task order under which the HII–Cyberlux subcontract operated.
Ukrainian officials in the procurement chain
Ukrainian colonel who signed the End User Certificate for 1,000 K8 drones with a combined value of $38,704,000 ($38,704 per drone) on August 13, 2022.
Ukrainian commander who signed the End User Certificate for 1,000 K8 drones on August 15, 2022.
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defence who issued the September 2022 official Letter of Request to EUCOM/DoD/DoS that initiated the procurement pathway. Dismissed from his post on September 18, 2023 — ten days after the FMF advance was deposited — as part of an inquiry into procurement corruption.
Parties with documented financial claims against Cyberlux
First entity to sue Cyberlux and Schmidt (August 24, 2022). Settled June 15, 2023 with an acceleration clause requiring full payment within 21 days of any drone contract receipt — clause executed with knowledge of the pending 2,000-drone award. Filed second suit December 18, 2023 for breach of settlement. Filed the September 3, 2024 Welter Declaration aggregating Schmidt-controlled transfers totaling $4,417,205.06. Co-plaintiff with Secure Community, LLC in the Texas receivership action.
Co-plaintiff alongside Atlantic Wave Holdings in the Texas receivership action that resulted in the May 22, 2025 order appointing Robert W. Berleth as receiver for Cyberlux pursuant to Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 31.002.
Court-appointed receiver for Cyberlux per the May 22, 2025 order of the 129th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas. Took possession of Cyberlux's Texas warehouse facility the following weekend by changing the locks. Asserted in a June 4, 2025 letter that any payments from HII to Cyberlux must be processed through the Receiver.
Signed the September 3, 2024 declaration in AWH v. Cyberlux Doc 29-1, executed under penalty of perjury in Tappahannock, Virginia, that aggregated and itemized Schmidt-controlled transfers from the Cyberlux main operating account totaling $4,417,205.06.
Extended a $7 million government purchase order financing facility to Cyberlux on March 27, 2024, secured by all company assets and personally guaranteed by Schmidt. Interest: 0.3% per business day (~75% annually). Notified HII on April 5, 2024 of an instrument of assignment against subcontract revenue. Cyberlux defaulted on November 4, 2024. Intervened in the Texas suit February 12, 2025. The Cyberlux FY2025 Annual Report quantifies the Legalist exposure at approximately $13 million.
Other named parties in the public record
Former owner of Datron World Communications. Recipient of a $3,000,000 wire from the Cyberlux main operating account on September 8, 2023 — the same day Cyberlux received the $38.7 million FMF advance. Wire labeled as the Datron acquisition payment. Cyberlux announced the Datron acquisition publicly on September 16, 2023.
Communications equipment company acquired by Cyberlux on September 16, 2023. The ASC 805 purchase price allocation has been deferred for three consecutive years past the September 16, 2024 statutory deadline; the valuation underpinning $8.4 million in intangible assets on the FY2025 balance sheet has never been finalised. Cyberlux was evicted from the Datron facility in fall 2025.
Drone company acquired by Cyberlux in March 2022, providing the platform that became the K8.
This index is updated as new actors enter the public record. The relationships between players — who paid whom, who held what — are documented in the timeline and the underlying filings linked above.
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