Paytm employees arrested for blackmailing CEO
- HRM Asia Newsroom
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Three people have been arrested for attempting to extort SG$280 million from Paytm’s CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, while threatening to expose stolen personal data and information, reported the Noida Police.
Based out of Noida, India, Paytm is an e-commerce payment system and digital wallet company, and as of January 2018, the company is valued at SG$14 billion.
Mr Sharma’s secretary was the alleged mastermind behind the extortion and along with her two accomplices, had planned to leak vulnerable information and tarnish the company’s public image.
Paytm later confirmed in a statement that the Noida Police had arrested the three people for an extortion bid.
All three have been brought to the police station for further interrogation, while a fourth accused remains at large and is being tracked down, a senior official said.
Paytm was founded in 2010, and offers both online and in-store payments for utility bills, movies, grocery shopping and pharmacy goods.
