Dhirendra Prasad

Dhirendra Prasad (born March 1970) is a former global supply chain buyer at Apple Inc. He was convicted in federal court for defrauding the company out of over 17 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 reportedly granted significant autonomy to make decisions to benefit the company, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and bonuses. Prasad also gained insider knowledge of the company's fraud detection methods. However, he was fired by the company in December 2018, according to court documents.

Federal charges and conviction
On March 17, 2022, the filed charges with the  that Prasad had engaged in conspiracy to commit  from 2013 through January 2019. The charges included: "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 was also 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 was still pending at the time with arraignment scheduled on March 24, 2022.

On November 1, 2022, Prasad pleaded guilty to federal charges of having defrauded Apple of over $17 million. He also agreed to forfeit assets acquired with the proceeds of the fraudulent activity, valued in excess of over $5 million. On April 26, 2023, Prasad was sentenced by U.S. district judge to 3 years in prison, followed by 3 additional years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay over $19 million in restitution to Apple and the.