Outsourcing work proves dear for NRI biz couple
Published: Friday, Dec 28, 2012, 12:20 IST
Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
TRX Work Provider ILink in India got caught stealing US Income Tax Software source code from Actax!!!
Investigation into a cheating complaint filed by an NRI woman went deeper when officials of the cyber crime cell of Detection of Crime Branch came across a bigger fraud. As per case details, Krishna Patel, 36, a native of Anand, co-owns a USA-based company Actax Inc, along with her husband Vijay Patel.
They had entered into a four-year contract with Ahmedabad-based firm, I Links, which is owned by German couple Petra and Roger James. The Patels had outsourced some of their work to I Links. The manager of I Links at that time was Bharat Sanghani who used to handle the operations for Actax Inc. He left the job after some time and was replaced by one Milan Saraiya.
However, within just three-four months of Saraiya joining, the Patels started receiving complaints. Unhappy with the quality of work delivered, they terminated their contract with I Links.
Following the contract termination, the Patels asked I Links owners to return the furniture, stationery and computers that they had provided. However, the firm refused to return the items. A few days back Krishna came to Anand and then to Ahmedabad. She approached the DCB where she filed a complaint of cheating against the owners and the manager of I Links.
The cops started investigation immediately. While investigating the case, they realised that cheating did not end with not returning furniture and stationery. The Patels had provided their source code to I Links for their work. However, after termination of the contract, Saraiya and the German couple had modified this source code and sold it to other companies. In the process they had earned crores of rupees.
“Using the source code of the company, they developed new software. Not just this, they are also involved in a multi-crore scam,” said a DCB official of cyber crime cell, requesting anonymity. The case is still under investigation. All the three accused are absconding.
