18Months Prison For Downloading Files

[mukunda1]

Ex-Mahwah man sentenced in theft of trade secrets from BD - 

 

A former engineer for medical technology giant Becton Dickinson and Co. of Franklin Lakes was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets from BD and another New Jersey company.

Ketankumar Maniar, 38, also known as Ketan Maniar, had pleaded guilty in May to two counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets. Maniar, who formerly lived in Mahwah, has been in custody since his June 2013 arrest.

He was sentenced in federal court in Trenton, where he was also ordered to pay BD restitution of $32,454.

U.S. Attorney Paul Fishmann said Maniar had worked as an engineer in Salt Lake City for C.R. Bard Inc., which is based in Murray Hill, from 2004 until 2011. He worked on catheters and ports, among other medical products.

Maniar then worked on syringes and pen injectors at BD in Franklin Lakes from February 2012 until May 2013, at a salary of $115,000, according to court documents.

At the two companies, Fishman said, "Maniar was able to steal secret information related to the companies' products," including BD's development of a self-administered disposable pen injector called Vystra.

Maniar downloaded Bard and BD files onto computer storage devices, and forwarded trade secrets from his work email accounts to his personal email accounts, Fishman said.

 

Prosecutors alleged that in the weeks before he left BD, Maniar downloaded more than 8,000 files of confidential information.

 

BD said it was "pleased with the outcome and closure of this case."

"At BD, we take very seriously the protection of our confidential information and trade secrets," the company said in a statement. "We have worked closely with the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office with their investigation and enforcement of this matter."

BD had also filed a civil suit against Maniar, but the company said it decided not to pursue that case, "given the satisfactory resolution of the government's criminal prosecution."

Maniar's attorneys did not return a call seeking comment.

Cases involving alleged theft of trade secrets have become more common, in part because digital files are easier to steal than boxes of paper documents.

 

[aakathaai]

silent_I1

[mukunda1]

manchi job. settled in life. greed ante ide.

 

[aakathaai]

manchi job. settled in life. greed ante ide.

 

 

aasaki haddu ledu manamey aanakatta veyyaali

[mukunda1]

aasaki haddu ledu manamey aanakatta veyyaali

 

greed anedi mana desi's genes lone untadi anukunta man......that's why god specifically gave bhagavad geetha to hindu religion.

 

[ravula]

[aakathaai]

greed anedi mana desi's genes lone untadi anukunta man......that's why god specifically gave bhagavad geetha to hindu religion.

 

 

anduke annaaru

[katuri]

Fuck this type of Indians cancel his citizenship send him to no mans land