Dhirendra Prasad

Dhirendra Prasad (born March 1970) is a former global supply chain buyer at Apple Inc. He has been federally charged for allegedly defrauding the company out of over 10 million.

Education
Prasad received a B.A. from the in.

Career
In 2000, Prasad worked as a senior buyer at and. In March 2001, he joined, where he worked as a supply base manager. In August 2006, Prasad joined in the same role.

Apple Inc.
In December 2008, Prasad joined Apple to work as a buyer in their global service supply chain. He was fired by the company in December 2018, according to court documents.

Federal charges
On March 17, 2022, the filed charges with the  that Prasad had allegedly engaged in conspiracy to commit  from 2013 through January 2019. The charges include: "taking kickbacks, stealing parts, and causing Apple to pay for items and services it never received, resulting in a loss of more than $10,000,000." Prasad has also been charged with. In September 2021, the federal government filed for of $5 million in accounts and assets registered to Prasad. Vendors Don M. Baker and Robert Gary Hansen were separately charged in the for conspiring with Prasad in the alleged scheme. In December 2021, Baker and Hansen pled guilty to the charges, though Prasad's case is still pending with arraignment scheduled on March 24, 2022.