A man accused of corporate espionage in a scandal rocking the world of HR has confessed to gathering intelligence on one company and passing along the information to its rival, according to a new court filing.
Keith O’Brien, who is accused of acting as a spy for HR software firm Deel, submitted an affidavit to an Irish court this week in which he says he was paid by Deel to disclose confidential information about its competitor Rippling, another HR software company. He says cofounder and CEO of Deel Alex Bouaziz directly suggested he keep his job at Rippling and work as an inside man.
