Ex-government employee Miguel Zapata with tie is accused of sending fake FBI tips falsely accusing multiple coworkers of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.

Zapata is accused of sending the home addresses, full names, and security clearance levels of his former colleagues to the FBI, which prompted the FBI and some of the victims’ employers to launch investigations into their alleged conduct based on the faulty information.

“None of the seven government employees and contractors were in Washington, D.C., on January 6 or attacked the Capitol,” prosecutors confirmed in court records.