--- description: Christopher Wylie, a former employee of Cambridge Analytica, told MPs in the U.K. that he believes his predecessor at the firm was poisoned. title: Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Tells U.K. Lawmakers His Predecessor Was Poisoned image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b8c3835b1187e4b/69892c180a4a22319d9d23c8/christopherwylie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Tells U.K. Lawmakers His Predecessor Was Poisoned  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2018 12:31 PM CUT  Whistleblower, Christopher Wylie speaks during a press conference at the Frontline Club on March 26, 2018 in London, England. Former Vote Leave volunteer Sanni raised concerns that the official Leave campaign may have broken referendum spending rules and then tried to destroy evidence. A substantial sum was spent with AggregateIQ which has links to Cambridge Analytica. Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Whistleblower, Christopher Wylie speaks during a press conference at the Frontline Club on March 26, 2018 in London, England. Former Vote Leave volunteer Sanni raised concerns that the official Leave campaign may have broken referendum spending rules and then tried to destroy evidence. A substantial sum was spent with AggregateIQ which has links to Cambridge Analytica. Former employee Christopher Wylie exposed how Cambridge Analytica had allegedly harvested date from millions of Facebook users to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Dan Kitwood—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2018 12:31 PM CUT [Christopher Wylie](http://time.com/5205314/facebook-cambridge-analytica-breach/ "undefined"), the former employee of Cambridge Analytica who alleged that the firm had[ harvested data from 50 million](http://time.com/5204387/facebook-suspends-cambridge-analytica/ "undefined") Facebook users, told Members of Parliament in the U.K. that he believes his predecessor at the firm was poisoned in a Kenyan hotel room after a deal went wrong. Wylie told a parliamentary select committee that he was told by the firm a few months after he began his position that the man whose job he took, Dan Muresan, had died in Kenya. Muresan was in his thirties when he died, said Wylie. Wylie emphasized that what he had heard was “pure speculation,” but that he had been told Muresan had been working on a political deal that soured, that Muresan had been poisoned, and that police had been bribed not to enter the hotel room. “That is what I was told. I wasn’t there. I can’t speak to the veracity of the account, but thats what I was told,” he said. > [](https://twitter.com/CamAnalytica/status/978596366292221952) Wylie is appearing before British lawmakers to testify about his role at Cambridge Analytica, which is under fire after Wylie alleged that it obtained data from millions of Facebook profiles without users knowledge in an effort to aid U.S. political campaigns, including President Donald Trump’s. The firm tweeted Tuesday morning that anything Wylie knew about its operations was outdated, since he left in 2014\. “Christopher Wylie was a part-time contractor who left in July 2014 and has no direct knowledge of our work or practices since that date,” the firm [tweeted](https://twitter.com/CamAnalytica/status/978596366292221952?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fchristopher-wylie-facebook-whistleblower-cambridge-analytica-testifies-uk%2F "undefined"). Cambridge Analytica has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said it deleted the Facebook data when it learned it violated Facebook’s policies. 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