CEO of travel company accused of data theft
CEO of travel company accused of data theft The chief executive officer, an expat from UK, and director of a travel company were on Monday summoned to the office of senior police officials of Gurgaon police in a case of data theft. A case of breach of Information Technology Act was filed against the duo and two more employees of the same company in December last year. Cleartrip CEO Stuart Crighton and director Amit Taneja participated in the investigation in the office of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Surender Singh. "They were arrested and released immediately as the duo had already obtained anticipatory bail," Joint CP Alok Mittal said. Cleartrip Chief Operating Officer (COO) P.K.X. Thomas clarified that there was no truth in the case against their officials, who were accused of data theft "out of professional rivalry". In December last Travelocity filed a case of theft of confidential and proprietary data and source codes against Amit Ta