The FBI investigation into a framework that Apple

Apple trade secrets soared in Asia

The FBI investigation into a framework that Apple would have sold for $ 1 million trade secrets of the companies to Asian companies, and this since 2006.

The Wall Street Journal reports a case of industrial espionage on which the FBI is looking for a part of Apple. Shin Paul Devine, who was hired in 2005 as head of supply, is suspected of delivering secrets to six Asian companies in China, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore (not named, but is a subsidiary of Asustek concerned) since 2006 and that would be suppliers of Apple.

The employee would receive in exchange more than a million dollars and has benefited from its access rights within Apple to provide confidential information on the helmets of iPods and the iPhone mobile device.

He allegedly provided data on pricing strategies set internally and is involved with some of the companies to provide roadmaps for Apple products and sales targets in exchange for generous financial compensation.

An intermediary in Singapore, Andrew Ang, is also involved in relationships between housing providers and Devine and for touching a percentage of the pots of wine.


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In exchange for his information, he asked for bribes, bribes in the form of small payments on accounts abroad and on behalf of his wife. In addition to the FBI investigation, Paul Shin Devine civil action by Apple that has intercepted suspicious e-mails sent from his work computer and alerted authorities.

A spokesman for Apple said the Wall Street Journal that the company had "zero tolerance for behavior mallhonnêtes inside and outside the company." It must be said that the group of Cupertino has been hard pressed to keep its secrets intact this year, especially with the flight of the prototype after the iPhone found four in a bar near San Francisco several months before its official announcement.