1.原文连结：
https://electrek.co/2018/11/09/tesla-fraud-embezzlement-scheme-doj/
2.原文内容：
Tesla got defrauded of almost $10 million in embezzlement scheme by a
manager, says DOJ
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that they charged a former
Tesla employee over an embezzlement scheme that might have cost the automaker
almost $10 million.
A federal grand jury issued an indictment against Salil Parulekar, a former
manager in Tesla’s Global Supply Management group, and he was charged with “
nine counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count
of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.”
According to the indictment, Parulekar was in charge of the relationships
with some of Tesla’s suppliers and he “allegedly used his role to initiate
a scheme wherein he diverted money owed to one Tesla supplier and caused it
to be paid to another supplier.”
The DOJ explains the scheme in more details:
“Parulekar learned in January 2017 that Tesla had terminated its supplier
relationship with Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH (“SHW”). At the
time of the termination, SHW had only provided a limited number of sample
products, specifically, motor pumps, to Tesla. Parulekar allegedly knew the
termination meant that Tesla was withholding future payments to SHW and that
Parulekar was not authorized to contravene this decision. Notwithstanding
these facts, Parulekar redirected a series of payments intended for another
supplier, Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“Hota”), and caused them
to be paid to SHW.”
As we reported last year, Hota is a Taiwan-based manufaturer of gears and
axles who is working on the Model 3 program. The manager was apparently able
to divert payments due to Hota.
Parulekar allegedly achieved that by “falsifying invoices; creating
fraudulent accounts payable documents, such as bank account information and
wire instructions; and impersonating Hota employees.”
In 2017, Parulekar’s scheme allegedly embezzled about $9.3 million from
Tesla. He stopped working at the company last December.
If convicted, the maximum penalty for each count of wire fraud is twenty years
’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. It’s unclear at this point if Tesla
will be able to get the money back.
3.心得/评论：
还没看到有中文媒体报导，简单说一下DOJ(美国司法部)讲的内容：
Parulekar 是Tesla 全球供应链的一名前经理，他已于去年12月离职
主要的工作是负责与一些供应商的关系
他在2017年1月时获知Tesla 要终止与一家德国公司SHW 的供应商关系
在终止时，SHW 仅仅只有向Tesla 提供了一些数量有限的样本
Parulekar 也知道终止关系意味着将来Tesla 并不会支付任何款项
并且Parulekar 也没被授权支付款项给SHW
但Parulekar 还是转移了一系列原先要给Hota(就是台湾的和大)的付款给SHW
这些金额大约有930万美元
如果被指控的这些诈欺罪名都成立，最高会被关20年
目前也还不清楚Tesla 有没有收回这笔钱
虽然已经是去年的事情了，不过对Tesla 与和大来说应该还是有一些影响
Tesla 可能影响较小，930万美元老实说对现在的Tesla 来说并不是什么大钱
和大可能影响会大一些，不过也不晓得这笔钱最后和大有没有收到
但应该是有收到，毕竟这是Tesla 内部的问题
可能这几天和大或Tesla 会说明吧 XD
(还是以前已经说明过了只是我后知后觉不知道？)