The Timeline

Every event in the public record.

85 events drawn from court filings, securities disclosures, federal lobbying records, government procurement records, and contemporaneous reporting. Forward chronological.

  1. · Regulatory

    Cyberlux Acquires Catalyst Machine Works (a drone company)

    People Cyberlux · Catalyst
    Source OTC Filings / Court Filings
  2. · Commission

    SIGNAL Chat between Mark Schmidt and a Cyberlux Consultant

    “On our cost we’re $4700 for all materials plus labor and I’d like to add $2000 for $6700.\nPack + long range radio + long range FPV + controller + specialized drone + munitions container and Ignition control”

    People Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux Consultant
    Source Signal Chat Transcript
  3. · Commission

    Mark Schmidt and Cyberlux Consultant discuss commissions for sales

    People Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source Signal Chat Transcript
  4. · Ukraine

    Colonel Oleksandr Pavlenko signs an End User Certificate for 1000 Cyberlux drones with a combined value of $38,704,000.

    Per Drone price is $38,704 each.

    People Colonel Pavlenko
    Source EUC
  5. · Ukraine

    Commander Andriy Mazalenko signs the End User Certificate for 1000 Cyberlux drones

    People Commander Mazalenko
    Source EUC
  6. · Ukraine

    Cyberlux Demonstrates equipment in Ukraine

    People Cyberlux
    Source Wall Street Journal
  7. · Litigation

    Atlantic Wave sues Cyberlux and Mark Schmidt

    People Atlantic Wave · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  8. · Ukraine

    Deputy Minister of Defence Denis Sharapov issues Official Letter of Request to EUCOM/DOD

    People Ukrainian MOD · Cyberlux · EUCOM · Senate Armed Services
    Source Letter of Request
  9. · Lobbying

    JMH Group files first quarterly lobbying disclosure (LD-2) on Cyberlux work, registered as lobbyist for Fairwinds Technologies LLC (register...

    ed client) with Cyberlux Corporation listed only as Fairwinds' "partner."\nDisclosed activity: NDAA outreach to Representative Wittman (R-VA-1, House Armed Services) regarding Satellite Communications in 2024 NDAA; drone capability meeting scheduled for Senator Cruz office and Defense Security Cooperation Agency.\nFiling signed by Charles G. Yessaian, JMH Group principal. Issue code: DEF (defense). Reported income: under $5,000.\nFairwinds Technologies LLC simultaneously held a contingent commission agreement with Cyberlux entitling it to 8% of the first 1,000 drones shipped under the contract its lobbying was advancing — value $2,348,542. Commission agreement not disclosed to Congress, HII, or any government body. (Lobbying Disclosure Act does not require commission disclosure.)

    People JMH Group · Charles G. Yessaian · Fairwinds Technologies LLC · Cyberlux Corporation · Rep. Rob Wittman · Sen. Ted Cruz · DSCA
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Fairwinds Q3 2022) / Fairwinds intervention motion (HII v. Cyberlux interpleader, E.D. Va. Aug 20, 2025)
  10. · Regulatory

    OTC Markets Group places Cyberlux (CYBL) stock in a Caveat Emptor Status effectively halting public trading of the stock.

    Source OTC Filings
  11. · Lobbying

    JMH Group files Q4 2022 LD-2 for Fairwinds Technologies LLC. Disclosed activity: Cruz and DSCA follow-up meetings; Wittman NDAA follow-up. R...

    eported income: under $5,000.\nFiling covers the quarter in which OTC Markets placed Cyberlux (CYBL) in Caveat Emptor status — material adverse event not within the scope of LDA disclosure.

    People JMH Group · Fairwinds Technologies LLC · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Fairwinds Q4 2022)
  12. · Lobbying

    U.S. Department of Defense announces Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package; CyberLux K8 Unmanned Aerial Systems listed by na...

    me as committed assistance, between Phoenix Ghost UAS and Altius-600 UAS.\nThis is a public commitment to the K8 platform six months before the FMF subcontract that was supposed to deliver them at scale was awarded.\nThe fact sheet becomes the public anchor cited in subsequent JMH lobbying disclosures.

    People U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of State · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source DoD/State Department USAI Fact Sheet, February 24, 2023
  13. · Lobbying

    JMH Group registers Cyberlux Corporation directly as a lobbying client (LD-1, effective March 1, 2023; signed April 12, 2023).

    This ends the Fairwinds-fronted arrangement under which the first two quarters of Cyberlux lobbying had been disclosed. JMH continues to handle defense-track lobbying through Q4 2024. Yessaian signs every JMH disclosure from Q3 2022 through Q4 2024 without exception.

    People JMH Group · Charles G. Yessaian · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source House Clerk LD-1 Database (JMH/Cyberlux registration, effective March 1, 2023)
  14. · Pump network

    Wall Street Journal publishes as article called “How a Penny-Stock Company Sold the Pentagon on Small Drones for Ukraine”

    Subtitle “Cyberlux CEO’s trip to Kyiv helps short-circuit Defense Department’s lumbering procurement system”\n\nHII declined to comment on the article.\n\nDOD declined to comment on Cyberlux stock being in Caveat Emptor status.

    People Brett Forrest (Author) · Mark Schmidt · HII · Denis Sharapov
    Source Wall Street Journal
  15. · Lobbying

    JMH Group files first direct LD-2 for Cyberlux Corporation as registered client (Q1 2023).

    Offices contacted: House Armed Services Committee; Senate Armed Services Committee; Senator Cruz; Senator Budd; Representative Braun; Representative Moulton; Representative Foushee.\nIssue: drone capabilities. Filing amended May 30, 2023.

    People JMH Group · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Ted Cruz · Sen. Ted Budd · Rep. Don Davis · Rep. Seth Moulton · Rep. Valerie Foushee · HASC · SASC
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q1 2023, filed May 25, 2023; amended May 30, 2023)
  16. · Litigation

    Cyberlux and Atlantic Wave Holdings settle lawsuit

    Agreement includes an acceleration clause that requires Cyberlux to pay $5,000 per drone sold to Atlantic Wave. \n\nThis clause was made with the knowledge of the pending award for 2000 drones.

    People Mark Schmidt · Chuck Watts · Will Welter · Cheri Nolan
    Source Court Filings / Personal Knowledge
  17. · Lobbying

    JMH Group files Q2 2023 LD-2 for Cyberlux Corporation. Offices contacted narrowed to Senator Cruz and Senator Budd.

    Filing cites the February 24, 2023 USAI announcement as a narrative anchor for Cyberlux's Ukraine procurement track. Filing made nine days before HII's subcontract award.

    People JMH Group · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Ted Cruz · Sen. Ted Budd
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q2 2023, filed July 6, 2023)
  18. · Lobbying

    Cyberlux issues two personal convertible promissory notes — three days before HII's subcontract award:

    Charles G. Yessaian (JMH Group principal): $2,500, convertible into CYBL common stock at $0.0016 per share, maturity August 26, 2024.\nBrigadier General Ferdinand Irizarry II, USAR (JMH Group lobbyist on the Cyberlux account; former Deputy Commanding General, JFK Special Warfare Center; identified by Schmidt in June 2022 Signal chat as priority Cyberlux Advisory Board candidate): $2,500 on identical terms.\nBoth notes appear in Cyberlux's FY2024 OTC annual report convertible debt table. Neither appears in any LD-2 filing. (Lobbying Disclosure Act does not require disclosure of personal financial instruments held by lobbyists in their clients.)

    People Charles G. Yessaian · Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Irizarry II · JMH Group · Cyberlux Corporation · Mark D. Schmidt
    Source Cyberlux FY2024 Annual Report (OTC Markets, filed March 31, 2025), Convertible Debt schedule / Schmidt-Cyberlux Signal Chat (June 2022, in court record)
  19. · Procurement

    HII Awards Cyberlux a FIRM FIXED PRICE contract for 2000 drones with a total value of $78.8m.

    The primary contract vehicle is a Cost-Plus OASIS+ GSA Contract.\n\nThis results in a per drone cost of approximately $39,400.

    People HII · Cyberlux
    Source OTC Filings / Legal Filings / USASpending.gov
  20. · Financial

    Cyberlux Bank Balance = $20,087.01

    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement
  21. · Financial

    Cyberlux Bank Balance = $2,297.01

    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement
  22. · Financial

    Cyberlux Receives $38,700,600 Advance Payment into main operating account per milestone “spending plan”

    People HII, Cyberlux
    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement / OTC Filings / Legal Filings (AWH v CYBL-00482) / HII – Cyberlux Subcontract
  23. · Financial

    Cyberlux Main Operating Account Balance = $38,702,897.01

    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement
  24. · Financial

    Cyberlux wires $3,000,000 to Art Barter Owner of Datron for from main operating account. Purpose – Acquisition of Datron

    People Cyberlux · Datron · Art Barter · Denis Kalenja · Chuck Watts · Mark Schmidt
    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement / OTC Filings / Personal Knowledge
  25. · Financial

    Cyberlux / Mark Schmidt initiated a series of transfers from the main operating account totalling $1,371,786.35

    Recipients are believed to include, Atlantic Wave Holdings, Schmidt, and a former HII Employee)

    People Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux · Atlantic Wave Holdings · Other unknown entities
    Source Cyberlux Bank Statement / Legal Filings (AWH v CYBL-00482)
  26. · Financial

    Cyberlux wires $213,000 from Main Operating Account to Fletcher Jones Motorcars

    People Cyberlux · Fletcher Jones Motorcars
    Source Court Filings
  27. · Financial

    Phone Transfer of $187,500 from Main Operating Account authorized by Mark Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  28. · Regulatory

    Cyberlux announces the acquisition of Datron

    People Datron · Cyberlux
    Source OTC Filings
  29. · Ukraine

    Deputy Minister of Defence Denis Sharapov is dismissed from his post as part of an inquiry into procurement corruption.

    Source Ukrainian Government
  30. · Financial

    $55,000 transfer to Charles Schwab from Main Operating Account

    People Cyberlux · Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  31. · Financial

    Phone Transfer of $600,000 from Main Operating Account authorized by Mark Schmidt

    People Cyberlux · Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  32. · Commission

    G2G Global LTD formed in UK by Carson John Tucker

    People Carson John Tucker
    Source UK Government Filings
  33. · Financial

    Member debit from Main Operating Account of $692,689.64

    People Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  34. · Financial

    Cyberlux Cash on hand = $16,893,524

    $21,809,373.01 spent between September 8 and September 30

    Source OTC Filings
  35. · Lobbying

    JMH Group files Q3 2023 LD-2 for Cyberlux Corporation — the contract quarter. Office count expands to 14 offices, including Senator Tim Kain...

    e (D-VA) first appearance.\nDisclosed activity: drone capabilities and Ukrainian appropriations. Filing references Datron acquisition as "pending" — though Datron acquisition closed September 16, 2023, eighteen days before filing.\nPeriod covers HII's August 29 contract award; the September 8 advance and same-day disbursements; the September 25 G2G Global formation; and the October 16 Edward Jones and G2G transfers — none disclosed. Senator Kaine sits on Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations; HII is the dominant defense-sector contributor to his campaign in H1 2023 per OpenSecrets.

    People JMH Group · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Tim Kaine · Sen. Ted Cruz · Sen. Ted Budd · HASC · SASC
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q3 2023, filed October 4, 2023) / OpenSecrets, H1 2023 SASC contribution data
  36. · Financial

    Transfer of $850,000 from Main Operating Account to Mark Schmidt’s Edward Jones account.

    People Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  37. · Commission

    Wire Transfer of $994,460 from Main Operating Account to G2G Global LTD (UK company)

    People Cyberlux · G2G Global LTD
    Source Court Filings
  38. · Financial

    Transfer of $6,000 transferred from Main Operating Account to Charles Schwab

    People Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  39. · Financial

    Transfer of $25,000 to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  40. · Lobbying

    1607 Strategies registers as Cyberlux lobbyist (LD-1, effective December 7, 2023).

    Principal: Travis Johnson, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator David Vitter; former Senate Banking Committee staff. Initial issue code: FIN — "regulations and oversight related to over-the-counter traded companies"; "issues related to capital markets" added Q2 2024.\n1607's mandate addresses the OTC regulatory environment in which the Caveat Emptor designation had been issued and in which the Rosen convertible note loop was operating. JMH continues to handle the defense lane in parallel.

    People Travis Johnson · 1607 Strategies · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source House Clerk LD-1 Database (1607 Strategies/Cyberlux registration, effective December 7, 2023)
  41. · Litigation

    Atlantic Wave sues Cyberlux & Mark Schmidt for Breach of Settlement Agreement

    People Atlantic Wave · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  42. · Procurement

    HII Issues Stop Work Order to Cyberlux

    People HII, Cyberlux
    Source Cyberlux 2024 Annual Report Page 15, paragraph 2
  43. · Financial

    Cyberlux Cash on Hand = $3,198,280

    $ 35,504,617.01 Spent between September 8 and December 31\n\nCyberlux Annual Report for 2023 indicates that approximately $15m in drones were shipped under the HII subcontract.\n\nThe Annual Report also claims that $22,145,000 in advance payment remains.

    People Cyberlux
    Source OTC Filings
  44. · Lobbying

    Two quarterly LD-2 filings cover Q4 2023:

    JMH Group / Cyberlux (filed January 18, 2024): 16 offices contacted; Department of Defense Replicator Program added to issue list; Senator Kaine's office contacted second consecutive quarter. Peak quarterly income through this point: $7,500.\n1607 Strategies / Cyberlux (filed January 19, 2024): first 1607 quarter — OTC regulations.\nFilings made twenty-seven and twenty-eight days after HII's December 22, 2023 Stop Work Order halted drone production. The Stop Work Order is not within the scope of LDA disclosure and is not mentioned.

    People JMH Group · 1607 Strategies · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Tim Kaine
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q4 2023, filed January 18, 2024; 1607/Cyberlux Q4 2023, filed January 19, 2024)
  45. · Lobbying

    Two quarterly LD-2 filings cover Q1 2024 — the dataset peak:

    JMH Group / Cyberlux (filed April 17, 2024): 23 offices contacted, the highest single-quarter office count in the entire Cyberlux lobbying record. Senator Kaine's office contacted third consecutive quarter. Replicator Program continues in issue list.\n1607 Strategies / Cyberlux (filed April 19, 2024): reported income $30,000 — a 600 percent increase from Q4 2023's $5,000.\nFilings made one hundred seventeen days into the active Stop Work Order. JMH filing made twenty-two days after the March 26 equity issuance to JMH Consulting Group / Irizarry.

    People JMH Group · 1607 Strategies · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Tim Kaine
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q1 2024; 1607/Cyberlux Q1 2024)
  46. · Lobbying

    Q2 2024 LD-2 filings: JMH Group reverts to filing as Fairwinds Technologies LLC lobbyist (Cyberlux as "partner") — the same commission-holde...

    r structure that fronted the original Q3-Q4 2022 filings.\nFive senators briefed on UAV capabilities. Filings made approximately two months after HII's May 17, 2024 termination for convenience. The termination is not within the scope of LDA disclosure and is not mentioned. 1607 Strategies continues OTC-track lobbying.

    People JMH Group · Fairwinds Technologies LLC · 1607 Strategies · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Fairwinds Q2 2024; 1607/Cyberlux Q2 2024)
  47. · Lobbying

    Q3 2024 LD-2 filings: 1607 Strategies adds Hailey Miller to Cyberlux account. Miller's prior position: Legislative Aide, Office of Senator T...

    ed Cruz (R-TX) — the most consistently targeted Senate office in the complete Cyberlux lobbying record from Q3 2022 onward.\n1607 Strategies adds DEF issue code in this quarter, expanding its mandate from financial regulatory to defense.

    People Hailey Miller · 1607 Strategies · JMH Group · Fairwinds Technologies LLC · Cyberlux Corporation · Sen. Ted Cruz
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Fairwinds Q3 2024; 1607/Cyberlux Q3 2024)
  48. · Financial

    Transfer of $108,555,42 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  49. · Financial

    Transfer of $25,000 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  50. · Financial

    Transfer of $20,000 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  51. · Financial

    Transfer of $290,000 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  52. · Lobbying

    Cyberlux issues 10,000,000 shares of common stock to JMH Consulting Group Inc. / Ferdinand Irizarry under Consulting Agreement at $0.001 per...

    share.\nThe lobbying firm itself becomes an equity holder in the client it is lobbying for. Issuance occurs ninety-five days into the Stop Work Order and twenty-two days before JMH files its peak-office-count LD-2 (Q1 2024, twenty-three offices, filed April 17, 2024). HII terminates the contract for convenience fifty-two days later.\nIssuance disclosed in Cyberlux FY2024 OTC annual report. Not within scope of LDA disclosure.

    People JMH Consulting Group Inc. · Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Irizarry II · JMH Group · Cyberlux Corporation · Mark D. Schmidt
    Source Cyberlux FY2024 Annual Report (OTC Markets, filed March 31, 2025), equity issuance schedule
  53. · Procurement

    Legalist extended a $7M government purchase order financing facility to Cyberlux, secured by receivables under its government subcontract (i...

    ncluding the HII contract), collateralized by all company assets, and personally guaranteed by Mark Schmidt.

    People Legalist · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  54. · Procurement

    HII receives notification that Legalist has an instrument of assignment against the subcontract revenue and that HII must pay Legalist inste...

    ad of Cyberlux

    People Legalist · HII
    Source Court Filings / HII Correspondence with Cyberlux
  55. · Financial

    Transfer of $50,000 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  56. · Financial

    Transfer of $25,000 from Main Operating Account to Holly Schmidt

    People Holly Schmidt · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  57. · Financial

    Transfer of $25,000 from Main Operating Account to Schmidt

    People Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  58. · Procurement

    US Government Terminates for Convenience

    People US Government · HII
    Source Court Filings
  59. · Procurement

    HII Terminates Cyberlux Contract for Convenience

    People HII · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  60. · Pump network

    RB Capital Partners files breach of contract suit against Cyberlux Corporation in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, Case...

    3:24-cv-01434-AJB-DTF.\nComplaint alleges Cyberlux defaulted on convertible promissory notes totaling $5,686,960 — the same convertible debt vehicle that becomes the mechanism alleged in the federal indictment of RB Capital, Brett Rosen, and Deborah Braun in January 2026.\nThe civil suit is the documented predicate to the criminal case.

    People RB Capital Partners, Inc. · Brett Rosen · Deborah Braun · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source RB Capital Partners, Inc. v. Cyberlux Corporation, Case 3:24-cv-01434-AJB-DTF (S.D. Cal., filed August 12, 2024)
  61. · Pump network

    Atlantic Wave Holdings files the Welter Declaration (Doc 29-1) in AWH v Cyberlux, 3:24-cv-00482 (S.D. Cal.), aggregating Schmidt-controlled...

    transfers from the Cyberlux main operating account totaling $4,417,205.06.\nThe declaration is the first consolidated public accounting of the use-of-funds following the September 8, 2023 FMF advance and includes individually itemized wire and phone transfers to Schmidt personally, to Holly Schmidt, to Schmidt-controlled brokerage accounts (Edward Jones, Charles Schwab), to Fletcher Jones Motorcars, and to G2G Global LTD.\nFiling also attaches as Exhibit L the August 12, 2024 RB Capital Partners breach of contract complaint against Cyberlux (S.D. Cal. 3:24-cv-01434).

    People Atlantic Wave Holdings · William Welter · Mark Schmidt · Holly Schmidt
    Source Court Filings (AWH v Cyberlux 3:24-cv-00482 Doc 29-1, paragraphs 36-38)
  62. · Procurement

    HII files a Plea of Nonjoinder in a garnishment case against Cyberlux. In this filing HII stating HII is “unable to state the amount, if an...

    y, that MT (HII) is indebted to Cyberlux”

    People HII · Cyberlux · Atlantic Wave
    Source Court Filings
  63. · Litigation

    Cyberlux Defaults on the line of credit issued by Legalist

    People Legalist · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  64. · Regulatory

    Cyberlux releases 3rd quarter financial report revealing that the drone contract was terminated in May and confirming the contract was a Fir...

    m Fixed Price Contract.

    People Cyberlux
    Source OTC Filings
  65. · Procurement

    Q4 2024 LD-2 filings — the final quarterly disclosures before SAM expiration:

    1607 Strategies / Cyberlux filed January 17, 2025; JMH Group / Cyberlux filed January 21, 2025.\nFilings made approximately eight months after the contract termination. Cyberlux's System for Award Management (SAM) registration expires within days of these filings, rendering the company legally ineligible to receive federal contracts.

    People JMH Group · 1607 Strategies · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source House Clerk LD-2 Database (JMH/Cyberlux Q4 2024; 1607/Cyberlux Q4 2024)
  66. · Procurement

    Cyberlux's System for Award Management (SAM) registration expires. The company is legally ineligible to receive new federal contracts for th...

    e duration of the lapse.\nLobbying continues throughout the lapse period. 2025 annual lobbying spend reaches $82,500 per OpenSecrets — the highest annual figure in the complete dataset, recorded in the year of legal ineligibility.

    People Cyberlux Corporation · JMH Group · 1607 Strategies
    Source SAM.gov registration record / OpenSecrets, Cyberlux Corp Lobbying Profile
  67. · Litigation

    Legalist Intervenes in Texas suit Atlantic Wave v Cyberlux & Mark Schmidt

    People Cyberlux · Legalist · Mark Schmidt
    Source Court Filings
  68. · Procurement

    HII and Cyberlux execute Modification 4 to the subcontract effecting a Termination Settlement and agreeing to pay Cyberlux an additional $25...

    .7m subject to conditions set forth.\nDocument is heavily redacted\n\nIncludes the following clause.\n\n9. Communications. Cyberlux shall not communicate with the U.S. Navy or the General Services Administration regarding the performance or termination of the Subcontract. HII shall be the sole point of contact for such communications with the U.S. Navy or the General Services Administration, including but not limited to communications regarding the Government Contracting Officer s review of the Agreement.

    People HII · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  69. · Procurement

    Cyberlux Corporation evicted from its manufacturing facility in Spring, Texas. Eviction documented in the Texas receivership record and refe...

    renced in subsequent interpleader filings.

    People Cyberlux Corporation
    Source Texas receivership filings / HII v. Cyberlux interpleader (E.D. Va. 3:25-cv-00483-JAG)
  70. · Commission

    The ARG Group files suit against Cyberlux for non-payment of commissions owed. Claimed commission rate of 20% of the $15m worth drones ship...

    ped ($3m approximately)

    People ARG Group · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings / Personal Knowledge
  71. · Litigation

    Cyberlux placed in limited receivership in Texas

    People Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  72. · Commission

    Michael Sinensky of WeShield tweets that Cyberlux will pay $2.5m to WeShield for “getting it done” referring to the $78.8m HII Contract.

    People Michael Sinensky
    Source Twitter / X
  73. · Commission

    Montague Capital Partners / Denis Montague files suit against Cyberlux for non-payment of wages and commissions owed. Specifically, Montagu...

    e seeks payment of its 5% commission (more than $3.5m) for “brokering” the Ukraine Drone Contract from HII.

    People Denis Kalenja · Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  74. · Procurement

    HII files the Interpleader in Eastern District of Virginia

    3:25-cv-00483-JAG

    People HII · Cyberlux · Et al
    Source Court Filings
  75. · Procurement

    HII receives final payment from the US Government of $23,012,114.64

    This brings the total that HII is holding in for the interpleader to $25,769,369.03.

    People US Government · HII
  76. · Commission

    WeShield files a motion to intervene in the HII Interpleader seeking a $2.5m payment from the settlement funds

    People WeShield
    Source Court Filings
  77. · Commission

    Fairwinds Technology intervenes in the Interpleader in EDVA claiming contingent/commission fees are owed from the contract funds in the amou...

    nt of $2,348,542.\nSchmidt personally calculated this figure.

    People Fairwinds · Mark Schmidt · Cyberlux
    Source Court Filings
  78. · Regulatory

    Cyberlux evicted from the Datron World Communications facility in Vista, California. The eviction follows the limited Texas receivership and...

    the company's effective loss of operating cash; Cyberlux's December 31, 2025 cash position is $326,958 against $64.1 million in current liabilities.

    People Cyberlux Corporation · Datron World Communications
    Source Texas receivership filings / Cyberlux FY2025 Annual Report (filed March 31, 2026)
  79. · Procurement

    Judge Gibney orders the interpleader to proceed and invites HII to submit a motion to deposit the funds with the court

    People EDVA
    Source Court Filings
  80. · Pump network

    Federal indictment returned (under seal) by the August 2024 Grand Jury in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California: United S...

    tates v. Brett David Rosen et al., Case 3:26-cr-00192-DMS.\nDefendants: Brett David Rosen (aka Brett Hackspacher); Deborah Rachel Rosen (aka Deborah Rachel Braun); RB Capital Partners, Inc.\nCharges: Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 371; 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 78ff; 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5); Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments (18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)); Money Laundering (18 U.S.C. § 1957); Criminal Forfeiture (18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1); 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c)).\nIndictment alleges a pattern of converting aged third-party debt purchased at face value into convertible notes at deep discounts to market (88% to 97% discount), then dumping the resulting shares while making public statements denying the dumping. Cyberlux ("CYBL") is one of the named issuers, alongside SOLAR (SIRC) and ILUS.

    People Brett Rosen · Deborah Braun (Rosen) · RB Capital Partners, Inc. · U.S. Department of Justice
    Source United States v. Brett Rosen et al., Case 3:26-cr-00192-DMS (S.D. Cal., indictment returned January 16, 2026, sealed)
  81. · Pump network

    Federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California: United States v. Brett David Rosen et al., Case 3:26-cr...

    -00192-DMS. Defendants: Brett Rosen, Deborah Rachel Braun (Rosen), RB Capital Partners, Inc.\nSame day, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission files parallel civil enforcement action: SEC v. Rosen, Braun, Massey, RB Capital Partners, Case 3:26-cv-00361-AJB-BJW (S.D. Cal.). Charges include violations of Securities Act Section 17(a) and Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5. SEC complaint adds David M. Massey (former Solar CEO) as defendant. SEC seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement, civil penalties, and penny-stock and officer-and-director bars.\nCyberlux (CYBL) is named as one of the issuers in the indictment's charged conduct. The indictment's factual section describes Rosen's December 2022 YouTube appearance with Schmidt and Rosen's February 18, 2023 X post denying share dumping while RB Capital had sold approximately $11.5 million of CYBL stock between October 2021 and November 2022.

    People Brett Rosen · Deborah Braun (Rosen) · David M. Massey · RB Capital Partners, Inc. · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Mark D. Schmidt · Cyberlux Corporation
    Source United States v. Brett Rosen et al., Case 3:26-cr-00192-DMS (S.D. Cal., unsealed January 21, 2026) / SEC v. Rosen et al., Case 3:26-cv-00361-AJB-BJW (S.D. Cal., filed January 21, 2026)
  82. · Procurement

    HII submits motion to deposit remaining funds

    People HII
    Source Court Filings
  83. · Procurement

    Judge Gibney grants HII’s motion to deposit and discharges HII with prejudice

    People HII
    Source Court Filings
  84. · Litigation

    Court ordered settlement conference to determine disbursement of funds to Cyberlux creditors.

    People EDVA
    Source Court Filings
  85. · Pump network

    Cyberlux files FY2025 Annual Report with OTC Markets (signed by Schmidt and Downing).

    First Cyberlux OTC filing to affirmatively confirm Texas receivership.\nReports $326,958 in cash; $26,423,622 in accounts receivable (the interpleader funds in EDVA registry); current liabilities of $64,146,374; multiple debt facilities in default.\nDatron purchase price allocation under ASC 805 deferred for the third consecutive year — the statutory one-year completion deadline expired September 16, 2024. The valuation underpinning $8.4M in intangible assets on the FY2025 balance sheet has never been finalised.\nSubsequent event disclosed: settlement of RB Capital Partners v. Cyberlux (S.D. Cal. 3:24-cv-01434) under which Cyberlux agreed to issue 290,357,500 shares of common stock in exchange for cancellation of the May 23, 2022 convertible promissory note, plus a new credit line at 8% per annum, secured by substantially all company assets, with conversion at $0.001 per share. This settlement is executed approximately two months after the federal indictment of the RB Capital principals; the indictment is not referenced in the disclosure.

    People Cyberlux Corporation · Mark D. Schmidt · David D. Downing · RB Capital Partners · Brett Rosen · Deborah Braun
    Source Cyberlux FY2025 Annual Report (OTC Markets, filed March 31, 2026)

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