Former employee of a supermarket chain in Dnipro illegally collected and sold information containing trade secrets to competing companies. Thus, the network incurred more than a million hryvnia in losses. Suspicion was announced to the defendant.

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According to police, the 33-year-old former head of the analytical department of a grocery supermarket chain established the scheme for selling confidential information.. For a remuneration of more than 130 thousand hryvnia, the current employees of the corporation transferred information containing trade secrets to the defendant. In particular, he illegally received reports on the sale of goods, information on planned promotional discounts, information on the opening of new stores..

“The collected data the offender sold to competing companies. Thus, the supermarket chain incurred more than a million hryvnia in losses. Law enforcers conducted searches and seized evidence of involvement in illegal activities, ”the message says..

The man was detained.

Currently, law enforcement officers are identifying his accomplices.

The attacker was informed about the suspicion of h. 3 st. 27, h. 2, 3 st. 362 (Unauthorized actions with information processed in computers, automated systems, computer networks or stored on carriers of such information, committed by a person who has the right to access it) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The suspect faces up to six years in prison. The issue of choosing a preventive measure is being resolved.