Former Apple employee received a prison sentence for selling classified information company

Back in 2010 there was a scandal associated with taking bribes

 one of the senior managers of Apple. Yesterday in this story was set point, and former head of global supply Apple Paul Devine sentenced.

Paul Devine served as head of the department of global shipments to Apple in the period from 2005 to 2010. As has been established, since 2007 Devine sold to third parties confidential financial information to his employer. For three years, he managed to get more than $ 2.5 million in the form of bribes. Part of the money was found in Apple manager during a search of a box from under the shoe.

One of the partners established in fraudulent schemes Devine was the company Kaedar Electronics, which has long been a supplier Pegatron. In the period from 2005 to 2008, for example, Kaedar supplies packaging boxes for your iPod. It is learned that the company did give bribes to obtain confidential information Apple, which allows you to effectively negotiate and obtain more favorable contracts.

Paul Devine faced up to twenty years in prison, but the former manager was only one year and a fine of $ 4.5 million. Moreover, the original amount of bribes received guilty estimated total of $ 1 million, which is significantly less than the fine, which is assigned by the court. Also note that on the verdict took three years. The reasons for this delay were not disclosed.

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