Indian-origin Karan Gupta, senior director of data analytics at Optum Inc. in Minnesota, US, was convicted of stealing over $1 million from the company. He was found guilty after a six-day trial on multiple counts, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said.
These include fraud and money-laundering conspiracy for hiring an unqualified friend for a position where the friend did no work and paid half his unearned salary in kickbacks to Gupta, whose fraud totaled more than $1.2 million.
Who is Karan Gupta?
Karan Gupta, 47, was a Senior Director at Optum, a subsidiary of United Health Group, the United States Attorney’s Office said in a statement on February 18.
The statement claimed that, according to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, Gupta was a senior director of data analytics at Optum, Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group headquartered in Minnesota.
At Optum, Gupta earned an annual salary of more than $260,000 at the height of his career, the statement added.
What is Karan Gupta convicted of?
United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Karan Gupta, age 47, was found guilty yesterday of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, ten counts of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering conspiracy, following a six-day jury trial in US District Court in Minneapolis before US District Court Judge Kate M. Menendez.
