Pfizer has accused a former global marketing director of misappropriating “confidential and extremely sensitive information” when she voluntary left the drug maker last month, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday.
In the lawsuit, Pfizer claims that Aimee De Blasis Amann had forwarded strategic plans, short- and long-term operating plans, and “specific product launch roadmaps” in 42 emails to her unsecured personal account during the weeks leading up to her voluntary departure on Jan. 13. The drug maker also claims she “secretly copied” about 600 files to an external hard drive within 24 hours of resigning.
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A new spin on the ‘Data Integrity’ problem. The unspoken issue is how long did it take to notice this? And why wasn’t the e-mail pattern detected sooner? ‘Just asking …’
She took the “easy way”. Much more tedious but more foolproof, she should have obtained a late model Minox mini spy camera (picture below). She could have taken the documents into the bathroom and photographed the pages individually, leaving no trail whatsoever. If course I speak from no personal experience.
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