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HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

Neowin · Jul 12, 2008 10:48 EDT · Hot! with 24 comments

Hewlett Packard's former vice president Atul Malhotra, has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM, and passing them over to his new employers.

Atul Malhotra, a vice president of imaging and printing services at HP since 2006, admitted that he accessed and copied confidential information from his previous job as sales director in the IBM Global Services division.

Shortly after starting his new job, he passed IBM secrets such as production costs and materials to two senior HP vice presidents via e-mail.

Malhotra faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and a three-year term of supervised release.

Sentencing in this case has been set for October 29 by U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel, who accepted the plea at the federal courthouse in San Jose, California.

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