Ex-Apple manager charged in kickback scheme pleads guilty, forfeits $2.3M
The former Apple global supply manager charged with accepting over a million dollars in kickbacks for company secrets has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal counts.
Paul Devine, former iPhone global supply manager for Apple, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he accepted kickbacks from Asian suppliers, according to Reuters. The plea, discovered in a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco, Calif., is a change from last August, when Devine pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted more than a million dollars in bribes and payments.
Devine, who worked for Apple starting in 2005, was accused of providing information and assistance to six overseas suppliers. He was indicted last year on 23 counts.
Devine has reportedly pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. He will also forfeit about $2.28 million worth of property and money.
An investigation of Devine last year found that the former Apple supply manager stashed more than $150,000 in cash in shoe boxes in his home. The six-figure sum was allegedly found in his home when it was raided by federal agents.
Last November, prosecutors for the U.S. government began seeking the forfeiture of about $950,000 that investigators seized from as many as six different bank accounts. They also sought to obtain a Porsche Cayenne, a vehicle with a starting price of nearly $50,000.
Paul Devine, former iPhone global supply manager for Apple, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he accepted kickbacks from Asian suppliers, according to Reuters. The plea, discovered in a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco, Calif., is a change from last August, when Devine pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted more than a million dollars in bribes and payments.
Devine, who worked for Apple starting in 2005, was accused of providing information and assistance to six overseas suppliers. He was indicted last year on 23 counts.
Devine has reportedly pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. He will also forfeit about $2.28 million worth of property and money.
An investigation of Devine last year found that the former Apple supply manager stashed more than $150,000 in cash in shoe boxes in his home. The six-figure sum was allegedly found in his home when it was raided by federal agents.
Last November, prosecutors for the U.S. government began seeking the forfeiture of about $950,000 that investigators seized from as many as six different bank accounts. They also sought to obtain a Porsche Cayenne, a vehicle with a starting price of nearly $50,000.
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2.3M Wow, am I the only one who thinks that prosecutors have a bigger fish to fry? i.e. Inside Job
He was the small fish. IP isn't bestowed upon the global supply manager.
Odds are he has a lot more than 2.5 million stashed away.
A few comments have condemned him already here, but we'll all still log in to see leaked pictures of the iPhone 5 if they crop up.
It's a bit like people who read gossip magazines shaking their heads at paparazzi lol
It's a bit like people who read gossip magazines shaking their heads at paparazzi lol
I don't think your analogy is appropriate:
Paparazzis, though using sleazy methods and considered bottom feeders, actually make most of their "catches" legally, since harassing people in public places sadly does not constitute a crime yet.
Selling internal info to third parties may they be competitors, suppliers or my grandmother is illegal. Every employee in tech cos sign non disclosure papers, and you better damn well respect them or be ready to face the music. It's classified as a felony.
What boggles my mind is this: how greedy can those big execs get...
What boggles my mind is this: how greedy can those big execs get...
Never say enough, guess that's what in the mind of Paul before he get caught.
And that's probably why he got caught, because he was being too greedy.
The former Apple global supply manager charged with accepting over a million dollars in kickbacks for company secrets has pleaded guilty to multiple criminal counts.
Paul Devine, former iPhone global supply manager for Apple, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he accepted kickbacks from Asian suppliers, according to Reuters. The plea, discovered in a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco, Calif., is a change from last August, when Devine pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted more than a million dollars in bribes and payments.
Devine, who worked for Apple starting in 2005, was accused of providing information and assistance to six overseas suppliers. He was indicted last year on 23 counts.
Devine has reportedly pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. He will also forfeit about $2.28 million worth of property and money.
An investigation of Devine last year found that the former Apple supply manager stashed more than $150,000 in cash in shoe boxes in his home. The six-figure sum was allegedly found in his home when it was raided by federal agents.
Last November, prosecutors for the U.S. government began seeking the forfeiture of about $950,000 that investigators seized from as many as six different bank accounts. They also sought to obtain a Porsche Cayenne, a vehicle with a starting price of nearly $50,000.
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Put him in prison for at least 30 years.he deserves this.
I don't think your analogy is appropriate:
Paparazzis, though using sleazy methods and considered bottom feeders, actually make most of their "catches" legally, since harassing people in public places sadly does not constitute a crime yet.
Selling internal info to third parties may they be competitors, suppliers or my grandmother is illegal. Every employee in tech cos sign non disclosure papers, and you better damn well respect them or be ready to face the music. It's classified as a felony.
What boggles my mind is this: how greedy can those big execs get...
Fair point
I suppose when someone thinks they're getting away with something and making such amounts, they lose perspective. I once knew a case of fraud here where someone had started forging their boss's internal cheques and paying herself thousands of pounds. The boss signed so many of them he couldn't be sure he didn't sign them himself so they had trouble catching the thief until one day she got stupid and signed a check in a felt tip pen! The boss knew he'd never used a felt tip pen to sign a cheque and the deception all unravelled. Greed is a funny thing.
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