An internal audit at Apple’s primary supplier of iPhones, Foxconn, revealed that a senior manager netted around $1.56 million by stealing and then selling iPhones from the factory.
Former senior manager, Tsai, who worked in a testing department in the company stole 5,700 iPhones in recent years.
Tsai teamed up with eight other employees to smuggle out iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s units. He, later on, sold the phones to stores in Shenzen between 2013 and 2014. These stolen units were originally supposed to be scrapped.
Tsai was questioned upon his return when the case was reported to Taiwanese authorities and has been released on bail since then.
Tsai will now face charges on breach of trust and can face 10 years in prison as the maximum jail term.
The world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Foxconn has once faced such a situation before in 2014 wherein five Foxconn employees solicited more than $5 million from the company. They were sentenced to up to 10 years and six months of prison time.
The technology giant has been criticised previously for its poor working conditions following a series of suicides by the employees.
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