Ex-Take­da staffer­'s 's­mall hus­tle' ends with ar­rest and $2.3M fraud scheme charge

A for­mer se­nior staffer at Take­da was ar­rest­ed this week over an al­leged scheme to de­fraud the com­pa­ny of about $2.3 mil­lion.

Priya Bham­bi, a for­mer em­ploy­ee in Take­da’s tech­nol­o­gy op­er­a­tions group, has been charged with wire fraud along with Samuel Mon­tronde. The de­fen­dants, who live to­geth­er in Boston, were ac­cused of schem­ing via text mes­sage and us­ing the stolen funds to buy a Mer­cedes-Benz, ac­cord­ing to an af­fi­davit by FBI Spe­cial Agent Bren­dan Don­lan.

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