Cases registered against 3 US nationals for data theft in Chennai

Sunday July 2 2006 00:00 IST UNI

CHENNAI: The Cyber Crime Cell of the Central Crime branch police has registered cases against three US nationals, including a couple, for allegedly stealing proprietary training material and vital information relating to a US-based HR company in the city.

In her complaint, Sarada Srinivas, Managing Director Summit HR (India), said her organisation was an American company operating through its offices in the city and rendering HR-related outsourcing services to companies all over world.

One of their clients was ÎUS Personnelâ, a US-based payroll processing and HR outsourcing company with Jeff De Loach as the CEO and John David Mangan as the COO. Susan Mangan, wife of John Mangan, also an employee of US Personnel, was in the city working from the premises of Summit HR for the most part during the last six months.

During October last, DeLoach expressed his intention to have David move to India and work from the premises of US Personnel to coordinate work handled by Summit HR.

Though they initially objected to the proposal, they acceded to the butturance given by De Loach that the role of David in India would only be supportive and not intrusive.

While so, in January this this year, Sarada said DeLoach met her company Chairman Ranjan Sinha and informed his interest in acquiring part of Summitâs buttets. ãUpon this, we requested a formal letter of intent from Jeff De Loach and told him until there was a signed letter, the matter should not be discussed by anybody,ä Sarada added.

Meanwhile, David tried to get training materials of her company through one of their former employees, Firoz Pradhan, but was unable to get the required information. At this point, De Loach and John David, without any valid permission, brought two of their buttociates from a local Indian company to her office, she said.

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