A global supply manager for Apple Inc. was arrested Friday in California and indicted for and , after accepting over  1 million in kickbacks. The manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, used a system of international bank accounts and a in order to receive the payments, reported the . Andrew Ang, of Singapore, was also named in the indictment. Ang is accused of receiving confidential data, as well as accepting a portion of the kickbacks paid to Devine. Devine, who lives in , allegedly passed on confidential information to Asian suppliers of and accessories in exchange for more than US $1 million. The suppliers were then able to use the information to negotiate better contracts with Apple. named several of the suppliers in question as China-based Kaedar Electronics, South Korea-based Cresyn, and Singapore-based Jin Li Mould Manufacturing, where Ang had worked until 2008. According to his profile, Devine was a 1996 graduate of the and a 2005 graduate from the . He began working at in 1998 and left to join Apple in 2005. In addition to the 23-count federal indictment, Devine is also the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Apple. The company said that he took more than US$ 1 million in "payments, kickbacks and bribes" over a period of several years. An Apple spokesperson said that the company "is committed to the highest ethical standards in the way [it does] business," and that there is "zero tolerance for dishonest behavior inside or outside the company." Devine is being held by the and was scheduled to appear in a hearing at the in  , California at 1:30 p.m. (20:30 ) today. He was not available for comment.
A global supply manager for Apple Inc. was arrested Friday in California and indicted for and , after accepting over US$1 million in kickbacks. The manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, used a system of international bank accounts and a in order to receive the payments, reported the . Andrew Ang, of Singapore, was also named in the indictment. Ang is accused of receiving confidential data, as well as accepting a portion of the kickbacks paid to Devine. Devine, who lives in , allegedly passed on confidential information to Asian suppliers of and accessories in exchange for more than US$ 1 million . The suppliers were then able to use the information to negotiate better contracts with Apple. named several of the suppliers in question as China-based Kaedar Electronics, South Korea-based Cresyn, and Singapore-based Jin Li Mould Manufacturing, where Ang had worked until 2008. According to his profile, Devine was a 1996 graduate of the and a 2005 graduate from the . He began working at in 1998 and left to join Apple in 2005. In addition to the 23-count federal indictment, Devine is also the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Apple. The company said that he took more than US 1 million in "payments, kickbacks and bribes" over a period of several years. An Apple spokesperson said that the company "is committed to the highest ethical standards in the way [it does] business," and that there is "zero tolerance for dishonest behavior inside or outside the company." Devine is being held by the and was scheduled to appear in a hearing at the in San Jose , California at 1:30 p.m. (20:30 ) today. He was not available for comment.
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US$1 million in kickbacks. The manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, used a system of international bank accounts and a in order to receive the payments, reported the . Andrew Ang, of Singapore, was also named in the indictment. Ang is accused of receiving confidential data, as well as accepting a portion of the kickbacks paid to Devine. Devine, who lives in , allegedly passed on confidential information to Asian suppliers of and accessories in exchange for more than US$
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in kickbacks. The manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, used a system of international bank accounts and a in order to receive the payments, reported the .
. The suppliers were then able to use the information to negotiate better contracts with Apple. named several of the suppliers in question as China-based Kaedar Electronics, South Korea-based Cresyn, and Singapore-based Jin Li Mould Manufacturing, where Ang had worked until 2008.
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Andrew Ang, of Singapore, was also named in the indictment. Ang is accused of receiving confidential data, as well as accepting a portion of the kickbacks paid to Devine.
According to his profile, Devine was a 1996 graduate of the and a 2005 graduate from the . He began working at in 1998 and left to join Apple in 2005.
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Devine, who lives in , allegedly passed on confidential information to Asian suppliers of and accessories in exchange for
In addition to the 23-count federal indictment, Devine is also the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Apple. The company said that he took
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$1 million. The suppliers were then able to use the information to negotiate better contracts with Apple. named several of the suppliers in question as China-based Kaedar Electronics, South Korea-based Cresyn, and Singapore-based Jin Li Mould Manufacturing, where Ang had worked until 2008. According to his profile, Devine was a 1996 graduate of the and a 2005 graduate from the . He began working at in 1998 and left to join Apple in 2005. In addition to the 23-count federal indictment, Devine is also the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Apple. The company said that he took more than US$
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