Ex-Takeda staffer's 'small hustle' ends with arrest and $2.3M fraud scheme charge

A former senior staffer at Takeda was arrested this week over an alleged scheme to defraud the company of about $2.3 million.

Priya Bhambi, a former employee in Takeda’s technology operations group, has been charged with wire fraud along with Samuel Montronde. The defendants, who live together in Boston, were accused of scheming via text message and using the stolen funds to buy a Mercedes-Benz, according to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Brendan Donlan.