Ondrej Holzman Fiye da shekaru hudu bayan da aka kama Paul Shin Devine kuma aka tuhume shi da zamba, halasta kudi da cin hanci, tsohon manajan sashen samar da kayayyaki na Apple ya koyi hukuncinsa: shekara guda a gidan yari da tarar dala miliyan 4,5).
Tsakanin 2005 zuwa 2010, lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan sarkar samar da kayayyaki, Devine ya bayyana bayanan sirri game da kayayyakin Apple na gaba ga masu samar da kayayyaki na Asiya, wanda daga baya ya yi amfani da su don yin shawarwari mafi kyau a cikin kwangila da kuma samun cin hanci. Devine ya kasance don samar da keɓaɓɓun bayanai ga masana'antun Asiya na abubuwan haɗin gwiwar iPhones da iPods.
Lokacin da aka kama shi a cikin 2010, FBI ta gano dala 150 da aka boye a cikin akwatunan takalma a gidansa. A wannan shekarar, an tuhumi Devine kuma ya amsa laifin zamba da halatta kudin haram a shekarar 2011. Ya kamata a ce aikin da ya yi ba bisa ka'ida ba ya ba shi sama da dala miliyan 2,4 (rambi miliyan 53).
"Apple ya himmatu ga mafi girman ka'idojin da'a ta hanyar kasuwanci. Ba mu da juriyar rashin da'a a ciki ko wajen kamfaninmu," in ji kakakin Apple Steve Dowling a cikin 2010 yayin mayar da martani ga kama Devin.
Devine dai ya fuskanci zaman gidan yari na tsawon shekaru 4,5, amma bayan fiye da shekaru hudu, kotun ta yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekara daya da tarar dala miliyan XNUMX. Sai dai kotun tarayya da ke San José ta ki bayyana dalilin da ya sa aka dauki lokaci mai tsawo ana yanke hukuncin. Ana hasashen cewa Devine ya hada kai da hukumomin bincike kuma ya taimaka wajen gano wasu zamba a cikin sarkar samar da kayayyaki na Asiya. Shi ya sa zai iya samun ƙaramin hukunci kawai.
Amma a ƙarshe, Devine zai iya yin farin ciki cewa diyya ta kuɗi don ɓarnar da ya yi ba za ta kashe shi da wani abin mamaki ba. Batun mai kera sapphire GTAT mai fatara a gaskiya ma, ya nuna cewa Apple ya yi barazana ga dillalan nasa da tarar miliyan 50 ga kowane bayanan sirri.
