from the if-you-can't-do-the-time-don't-do-the-crime dept.
A former IT executive from Australia's Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has been jailed for taking bribes from software company ServiceMesh.
Keith Robert Hunter has been sent down for three and a half years and will serve at least two years and three months, for dishonestly causing financial disadvantage by deception.
Hunter initially contested the charge but later changed his plea to guilty, thereby admitting that payments made to his personal bank account from the the ACE Foundation were an inducement to purchase ServiceMesh software.
ServiceMesh's founder Eric Pulier created the Foundation in 2014, the year after ServiceMesh was acquired by CSC. Pulier became head of strategy for CSC's Emerging Business Group, a position from which he was suspended in April 2015 before resigning later that month as details of the the bribery scandal emerged.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @11:46AM
Society hates IT for good reason. Those elitist bastards thought they were all high and mighty back when computers cost $10,000 each. Now we know the truth! The truth is computers are worth $40 each. Toss those lying charlatans in jail where they all belong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @03:32PM
Trump will fix this.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @03:43PM
But not to pay the bribe?
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday December 22 2016, @02:29AM
The briber is not in the country where the crime occurred I believe. The crime doesn't bitchslap some important folks to have politicians and authorities make up some sex scandal and extradition treaties invoked I suppose...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @06:19PM
This probably happens far more often than we know, and a small fraction are actually caught. I was even ordered to lie about the co's IT infrastructure once. It took a while, but I got out of that company, only to end up in ANOTHER that stole catalog descriptions from a competitor. Wink wink is common in biz.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @06:39PM
Who cares. A man is being stuffed into a cage for nothing of interest.