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By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged a former Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) worker with defrauding the iPhone maker out of greater than $10 million in a collection of schemes.
Dhirendra Prasad faces 5 legal counts after exploiting his “place of belief” as a purchaser in Apple’s world service provide chain to defraud the corporate, based on filings on Friday with the federal courtroom in San Jose, California.
Prosecutors stated that as an Apple purchaser, Prasad negotiated with distributors and positioned orders, with Apple making funds primarily based on bill quantities he entered into its buying system.
Prasad allegedly defrauded Apple by taking kickbacks, stealing components utilizing false restore orders, and inflicting Apple to pay for gadgets and companies it by no means obtained
Prosecutors stated Prasad additionally evaded taxes on and laundered proceeds from his schemes. Apple fired him in December 2018 after a decade of employment, courtroom papers present.
It’s unclear whether or not Prasad has a lawyer. Prasad couldn’t instantly be reached on Sunday for remark. A cellphone quantity listed for him has been disconnected.
Two homeowners of distributors that did enterprise with Apple and who allegedly conspired with Prasad on comparable fraud schemes pleaded responsible to associated costs in December, courtroom information present.
Prasad faces costs together with conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud, commit cash laundering and defraud the USA, in addition to tax evasion.
His arraignment is scheduled for March 24. Prosecutors additionally need Prasad to forfeit hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of actual property and different property.
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