The Economic Times of India reported on Wednesday that Bangalore-based company InfoSys, which provides outsourced tech support and other services for Apple, has fired the CFO of its business process outsourcing unit Abraham Mathews for failing to comply with the company’s code of conduct.
The report did not provide specific details about the violations that Mathews committed, although initial reports indicate that the executive was ousted for overbilling Apple. According to Techmeme editor Mahendra Palsule, the news was “only just announced as an insider exclusive by the TV channel of [The Economic Times].”
The Economic Times adds that InfoSys BPO chief executive Gautam Thakkar has also resigned on “moral grounds,” with plans to leave the company on November 30th. We’ve reached out to Apple and InfoSys for comment and will update this story as more information becomes available.
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Update: The Economic Times is out with a new report claiming that at least six more employees at one of InfoSys BPO’s European subsidiaries are to be sacked following the purported overcharging of Apple, which some sources say lasted for over 18 months.
While Infosys has announced a change in leadership, the overbilling could be damaging to Apple’s already-hesitant attitude towards outsourcing in India.
