Paul Shin Devine is one bad apple.
The midlevel Apple manager was arrested Friday for allegedly accepting $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers, the San Jose Mercury News.
In return for the cash, Devine, a 37-year-old Sunnyvale, Calif. resident, is accused of providing top-secret information, which allowed the suppliers to bargain for more favorable contracts with Apple.
Devine and his alleged partner-in-crime, Andrew Ang of Singapore, were indicted Friday a federal grand jury on 23 counts including wire fraud and money laundering.
“We have zero tolerance for dishonest behavior inside or outside the company,” Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said in a statement.
The companies involved in the scheme were not named in the federal indictment, but they were suppliers of both iPhone and iPod accessories and were based in China, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea, the Mercury News reported.
According to the indictment, Devine opened several foreign bank accounts, including ones in his wife’s name to cover up the payments.