BREAKING: Former CEO Exposes Cogent Communications' Executives for Decades-Long Fraud

WASHINGTON - July 5, 2025 - PRLog -- In a blistering public statement released today, federal whistleblower and Fiber Network Solutions founder David Koch declared that the unraveling of Cogent Communications was both predictable and preventable.

"What Cogent's Board of Directors, executive leadership, employees, investors, lenders, and vendors have now witnessed is the unmistakable difference between a group of cowards I once worked with and trusted — who thought they had buried a body so they could line their pockets, and then let Cogent plant a flag — and a real corporate Chief Executive Officer," Koch said Friday. "One built on stolen ground. The other built the ground itself."

Koch's remarks follow growing interest from federal agencies, journalists, and financial watchdogs triggered by his June 17, 2025 news release and the earlier submission of a classified 160-page evidentiary report to the FBI, SEC, IRS-CI, FAA, and the U.S. Attorney. That dossier, and over 2GB of forensic evidence, detail how Cogent acquired Fiber Network Solutions in 2003 through a concealed and allegedly unlawful transaction—while Koch was medically incapacitated.

Koch insists that the current crisis engulfing Cogent is the result of the company's own refusal to engage. Since March, Koch has issued more than 35 legal notices, public warnings, and memorandums — offering multiple off-ramps for Cogent to mitigate its legal exposure. "And all they gave back," he said, "were two short, dismissive emails from their Chief Legal Officer, John Chang. Those emails are now Exhibits A and B in pending criminal investigations."

Exhibit A, dated March 19, flatly denies wrongdoing and warns Koch not to expect further responses. Exhibit B, dated May 23, repeats the denials while accusing Koch of "unwarranted harassment." Both are publicly quoted in the full version of this release at FiberNetworkSolutions.net/news2.html.

"These weren't just bad decisions," Koch said. "They're now legal liabilities. Cogent had notice. Cogent had time. And Cogent chose silence."

Koch emphasized that this reckoning is not a publicity stunt, but the result of decades of suppression now boiling over. "This is the ignition of accountability," he said. "Lit by the very people who thought I was gone."

Further revelations are scheduled for Tuesday, when Koch will release recordings of conversations with Craig Housley — a former aviation colleague who reentered the story in 2023 and is now under federal scrutiny for aiding the cover-up.

This is a condensed and abbreviated release. Download the full release at:

https://fibernetworksolutions.net/ewExternalFiles/NewsRel...

For full documentation, exhibits, and upcoming disclosures, visit the official whistleblower's website:

https://fibernetworksolutions.net/