FYI - Qualcomm story you might like ...
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/arabi-qualcomm-fraud-scheme/
Dr. Karim Arabi, once a senior leader in Qualcomm’s Research and Development division, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2025, in San Diego federal court. Chief U.S. District Judge Cynthia A. Bashant also ordered Arabi to forfeit more than $45 million, along with luxury properties in Canada and Norway, and to pay $100.8 million in restitution to Qualcomm.
After some digging they settled in civil court despite the acquisition making Q 100's of mills. Word on the street is that this was a hit job to prevent employees from starting companies which this guy did after he left the company. Ppl say former CTO J Thompson was at the helm of building this case to advance his own career.
What a waste of resources. This should have been a civil dispute, no different from when a company takes your money and you have to go sue to get it back.
There was no reason for prison time. Imagine if we sentenced companies to prison, say Wells Fargo or Enron.
He then sold it to Qualcomm without Q knowing he was behind.... A scammer!
Unfortunately, there must have been some overlap with Qualcomm's resources and time, otherwise he would have been in the clear - not everything one develops in his own time and using his own resources (books, computers, software, etc.) belongs to the employer. A very sad and intriguing case.
More context here:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/tech-executive-admits-participating-150-million-fraud-qualcomm
This pretty much tells the whole story:
"Arabi was a Qualcomm employee throughout the entire marketing period, and hiding his involvement in the firm and the development of its patented technology allowed Abreezio’s principals to claim that the company was an “angel-funded” outside firm while disguising its true connections to Qualcomm."