United States of America v. Minkkinen et al

  1. August 22, 2023

    Feds Can't Keep Ex-Deloitte Worker In US After IP Case Axed

    A West Virginia federal judge said this week a former Deloitte employee is allowed to travel outside the U.S. while the government appeals the dismissal of criminal trade secrets charges against him.

  2. July 19, 2023

    Ex-Deloitte Worker Who Beat IP Rap Gets Lighter Bail Package

    A West Virginia federal judge has agreed to lift some of the pretrial release conditions of an ex-Deloitte employee whose charges in a trade secrets theft case were dismissed, but he can't have his passport and is still forbidden from getting a new one.

  3. June 27, 2023

    Ex-Deloitte Workers Get Bulk Of Trade Secrets Case Tossed

    A West Virginia federal judge has dismissed most charges accusing two former Deloitte employees of trade secret theft, finding that the amount of time it took prosecutors to indict deprived them of evidence and testimony that could have shown they did not believe the consulting giant owned the material at issue.

  4. June 14, 2023

    Ex-Deloitte Workers Say Feds Can't Prove Trade Secrets Theft

    Two former Deloitte employees facing trade secrets theft and other charges over their work for a competitor have urged a West Virginia federal judge to dismiss parts of their 14-count indictment, arguing prosecutors can't support their allegation that they knowingly conspired to steal proprietary information.

  5. May 23, 2023

    Deloitte IP Theft Prosecutor Ousted Over US Atty Conflict

    A West Virginia federal judge recused the lead prosecutor in the case of two former Deloitte employees facing trade secret theft charges over their work for competitor Sagitec Solutions LLC, saying the prosecutor's boss' prior representation of Sagitec during an internal investigation of the allegations "creates a substantial conflict of interest."

  6. March 24, 2023

    Rival Stole Unemployment Benefits Software, Deloitte Says

    Management consulting company Deloitte Consulting LLP sued competitor Sagitec Solutions LLC in federal court in Delaware on Friday, saying Sagitec stole Deloitte's copyrighted computer program for unemployment insurance claims and used it to launch a competing service.