SAP Labs looking to put behind spam email case

Police says will investigate the matter; spam emails traced back to former MD Dey's laptop

SAP Labs India has conveyed to Bangalore police that it wishes to put behind a complaint it had filed on May 30, 2014 alleging that the company's German board members have received spam emails, which are hurting the reputation of the company's senior colleagues. However, the police plans to press ahead with the investigation.

The company had filed a first information report (FIR), which said, "of late we have received frequent cases of spamming emails addressed to our German Board members which at times as well with untrue, fabricated and false content, which in the end is hurting our senior colleagues reputation."

While the details of these emails is not yet known, sources within the police team investigating the matter said the emails were traced down to the laptop of SAP Labs India's Managing Director Anirban Dey, who quit the company earlier this month. Dey had been working with SAP Labs since 2008 and was elevated as the MD in January 2013. The company had claimed that Dey was leaving due to personal reasons.

The police will investigate into the matter to ascertain if the emails contain malicious references, which could attract punishment under Section 66 A of the IT Act.

While SAP Labs did not share much details into the matter, the company said it is investigating these emails. It also said that internal investigations had shown that the allegations made in the emails were "incorrect and contained unsubstantiated details".

"As part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct at one of our facilities, SAP India has conducted a full investigation after certain allegations were made, via anonymous emails, against an SAP India employee," the company said in a statement. "SAP takes all allegations seriously and we fully investigate all reports, anonymous or otherwise. So far, our internal investigations indicate that the anonymous allegation was incorrect and contained unsubstantiated details."

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