24 January 2021, 9:14 pm EST By Tesla Sues Software Engineer for Allegedly Stealing 'Highly Confidential' Software Code from the Company: Claims 'Misunderstanding' ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Tesla is now reportedly taking one of its supposedly former employees to court over claims that the ex-employee had stolen company information and for breaching a contract. The sensitive code stolen was reportedly Tesla's proprietary code as reported to CNBC. Tesla stolen code According to the recent lawsuit shown on Scribd that was filed on Friday, Tesla now claims that the software engineer by the name of Alex Khatilov had quietly been siphoning the sensitive software code and files coming from Tesla's own internal Wrap Drive system while the engineer was working within the company's official quality assurance team.