[Dataloss] India: City BPO accused of data theft

[lyger]

(note: according to Wikipedia, a crore is a unit in the Indian numbering 
system equal to 10 million.  not exactly sure what type of data was 
supposedly taken/stolen/compromised)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/City_BPO_accused_of_data_theft/articleshow/3081539.cms

AHMEDABAD: It could well be one of the biggest data thefts in the country. 
An Ahmedabad-based BPO owner, Maulik Dave, has been accused of data theft 
from a Florida-based company and selling them to its rival companies in 
the US.

Dave stole data worth Rs 1 crore from the company. With the help of his 
accomplice based in the US, Milan Dabhi, he sold the data to competitors 
of the company in the US.

The nondescript office of Business Bee Solutions along the SG Road, a BPO 
working in the IT sector, has been closed for three months soon after 
Florida-based Company Noble Ventures Inc. cancelled their contract with 
Dave.

He then shifted his operations to his home in Vejalpur. Dave had got a 
contract for two years for designing and maintenance of the website of 
Noble Ventures Inc. This company provides customer database of 1.25 crore 
US citizens to various marketing companies in the US and also has a 
client-base in other international markets.

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