July 2, 2008 (Computerworld) A former Hewlett-Packard Co. vice president was indicted by a federal grand jury last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from his former employer, IBM.
Atul Malhotra is charged with allegedly e-mailing confidential IBM information to two senior vice presidents at HP. HP terminated Malhotra, who worked at the company for four months, and reported the incident to law enforcement and to IBM, according to a statement from Emma McCulloch, a spokeswoman for HP.
