Von Hayes is revealed to have been hired by Fulcrum to decrypt The Intersect refresh data drive stolen from NSA facilities. He underestimates Fulcrum's ruthlessness, however, and the Fulcrum agent known as Juliette holds him at gunpoint and demands he hand over the decrypted data free of charge. When Team Bartowski prevents the delivery of Hayes' decrypted information to Fulcrum, he holds the information hostage, demanding immunity from prosecution and a large cash payment in exchange for his cooperation. However, at the meet between Chuck and Von Hayes, hired goons employed by Fulcrum interrupt the exchange and Von Hayes flees with the data. The hired goons hold him at gunpoint and demand the chip, however, Chuck arrives, giving the goons the money requested by Von Hayes for the chip, in