The Irvine couple made their first court on Thursday on charges of misappropriation of nearly $ 5 million from a web and advertising company.
The 41 -year -old Gurpett Lakhiani and her husband, Deepak Lakhiani, 40, were charged on Tuesday for numerous accusations of crimes, including major theft, money laundering, receiving stolen property and tax evasion, all crimes. They also face improvements to the sentence for a overwhelming crime of a white collar over $ 500,000.
The two did not face a request at their contract on Thursday at the Santa Anna Prison. Argying is deferred on March 18 at the Port of Justice Center in Newport Beach.
Gurpreet Lakhiani works for Broadpring as a controller from 2009 to 2017 and as Vice President of Finance from 2017 to November 2021, police said in court records.
Gurpreet Lakhiani had complete control over the company’s finances and was accused of misappropriation of nearly $ 5 million between 2012 to September 2021, police said. The theft was carried out by transferring funds to the company in personal accounts and the use of corporate credit cards for personal expenses, police say.
In the court documents, Evreyn Sarah Vagt’s investigator said Deepak Lakhiani “has knowledge in computer security and hacking and is thought to have used Gurpreet IDs or with her knowledge and assistance, to access BRADSPRING’s financial accounts and the transfer of funds. Gurpreet hid the theft of counterfeiting records in magazines, such as the wrong classification of stolen sums as legal business costs to maintain the company’s financial records balanced. “
The stolen money was “used to pay their lavish lifestyle, which included the purchase of real estate, cars, jewelry and trips,” says Voight in court documents.
The alleged theft “Broadpring has closed his doors and to release many hardworking employees,” Voygt said. “Many of these employees have struggled to find a job and connect the edges.”