前Optum Exec因通过一名无工作报酬的假雇员盗窃1.2M美元而被定罪。 A former Optum exec was convicted for stealing $1.2M via a fake employee who got paid for no work.

Karan Gupta, 47岁的印度裔前Optum高级董事,2026年被定罪,罪名是用假履历雇用一位朋友作为幽灵雇员,偷窃120万美元以上。 Karan Gupta, a 47-year-old Indian-origin former senior director at Optum, was convicted in 2026 of stealing over $1.2 million by hiring a friend as a ghost employee using a fake resume. 这名没有工作的朋友在将近四年的时间里领取了100 000美元加加工资,加薪和奖金,而他的上司Gupta则拿了一半以上的薪水作为回扣。 The friend, who did no work, received a $100,000+ salary with raises and bonuses for nearly four years while Gupta, his supervisor, took more than half the pay as kickbacks. 资金被以现金提取并转入Gupta的账户,这是他在2019年因不相关的欺诈而被解雇后发现的。 Funds were withdrawn in cash and transferred to Gupta’s accounts, uncovered after his 2019 firing for unrelated fraud. 他因多项电线诈骗和洗钱罪名被判有罪。 He was found guilty on multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering.