According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Brody was fired on 11 March 2020, from First Republic Bank in San Francisco. after he connected a USB drive containing p*rn to company computers.

After he was fired, Brody refused to return his work laptop and instead used his still-valid account to access the bank's computer network and caused damages estimated to be above $220,000.

Among other things, Brody deleted the bank's code repositories, ran a malicious script to delete logs, left taunts within the bank's code for former colleagues, and impersonated other bank employees by opening sessions in their names,

He also emailed himself a proprietary bank code that he had worked on as an employee, which was valued at over $5,000.

After the incident, Brody falsely reported to the San Francisco Police Department that the FRB-issued laptop had been stolen from his car. He continued to uphold this story when interviewed by United States Secret Service agents following his arrest in March 2021.

Eventually, in April 2023, Brody pleaded guilty to lying about the laptop and to two charges concerning violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In addition to the two-year prison term and the payment of the restitution, Brody will serve three years of supervised release.