Archive · 25 May 2025
Four Arrested for Stealing Data to Start Rival Business
Four people were arrested in Hyderabad for stealing secret business information.
They used this stolen data from their former employer, a swimming pool installation company, to start their own competing company called Kraftmen Engineering Infrastructure.
The accused took client information, designs, and pricing to get business for their new venture.
The police arrested them after a complaint.
They have been charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.
The police seized a laptop, phones, and SIM cards.
Four individuals were arrested in Hyderabad for stealing business data.
The suspects took confidential information from their former employer.
They used the stolen data to start a competing business, Kraftmen Engineering Infrastructure.
The arrests followed a complaint filed by a swimming pool installation company.
The accused were charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.
- Who
- P Durga Prasad, J Chandrasekhar Prasad, P Praveen Kumar, and P Anil Kumar.
- What
- Theft of confidential business data to start a competing company.
- When
- The arrests happened after a complaint.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- To set up a competing business using stolen data.
- Accused
- P Durga Prasad, J Chandrasekhar Prasad, P Praveen Kumar, P Anil Kumar
- Charges
- Criminal breach of trust, cheating, and criminal conspiracy
- Employer
- Swimming pool installation company
- Stolen Data
- Client data, project designs, pricing structures, and business information
- New Company
- Kraftmen Engineering Infrastructure
- Items Seized
- Laptop, four mobile phones, and five SIM cards