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A former Apple employee was charged with taking kickbacks, stealing parts, inflating invoices, and causing the company to pay for items and services it never received.
Dhirendra Prasad stole parts faked invoices and took bribes from crooked Apple vendors. Must repay $19 million to Apple and IRS
A former Apple employee was charged with taking kickbacks, stealing parts, inflating invoices, and causing the company to pay for items and services it never received.
The Indian-origin employee worked for Apple from 2008 to 2018, and was responsible for buying spare parts and components for Apple from other vendors.
Back in mid-March, Patently Apple posted a report titled "A Former 10-year Global Supply Chain employee at Apple has been indicted on 5 charges including conspiracy to launder fraud proceeds." At that time, the office of U.S. Attorney Stephanie Hinds’ put out a press release stating that "52-year-old Dhirendra Prasad of Mountain House has been indicted on five charges, has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, along with two counts of conspiracy to launder fraud proceeds. Yesterday, Prasad pleaded guilty ...