IT consultant ordered to pay £50,000 after being accused of stealing Soho House members’ personal details
An IT consultant was ordered to repay £50,000 to his employer after being accused of stealing the personal details of members of London’s biggest private members’ club. Amit Sharma allegedly threatened to leak personal information of more than 50,000 members of Soho House unless he was sent a “seven figure” sum following a dispute over [...]
An IT consultant named Amit Sharma was ordered to repay £50,000 to his employer, IT firm Espire Infolabs, after being accused of stealing personal details of Soho House members. Sharma allegedly threatened to leak the information of over 50,000 members unless he was given a substantial amount of money following a dispute over his pay.
The dispute arose when Sharma felt he was being harassed by colleagues at Espire and sought a settlement to leave the company. After receiving a lower termination payment from Espire, Sharma began sending threatening emails to Soho House and its members, warning them that their personal information would be leaked if they did not provide him with a "seven figure" sum.
Soho House reported Sharma's messages to the Information Commissioner's Office and the police, who arrested him the following day. Sharma later wrote to Espire's lawyers, stating that he would delete the stolen data. He was ordered to repay the £50,000.
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