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Two Men Charged with Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets from ZirMed.com
Steven S. Reed, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, announced that a federal Grand Jury in Louisville returned a Superseding Indictment today, charging KURTIS KENNETH CULLEN, age 31, of 6881 Westwood, Detroit, Michigan, and BRUCE ZAK, 3622 Northwood, West Bloomfield, MI 48324-2941 with conspiracy to steal trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets, and wire fraud.
The Superseding Indictment alleges that between January 21, 2001, and January 27, 2001, Cullen and Zak, in an agreement with others, engaged in a scheme to buy a proprietary computer source code from an employee of ZirMed.com, a Louisville company which has developed a computer application for processing health care benefit claim forms. The Superseding Indictment further alleges that Cullen contacted a ZirMed.com employee by telephone and offered to pay $10,000 for a clear text version of the company’s source code.
If convicted, the maximum potential penalties are 25 years imprisonment, a $750,000 fine, and supervised release for a period of up to 3 years.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Marisa J. Ford, and it was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Cullen and Zak are scheduled to appear for arraignment before the United States Magistrate Judge on April 24, 2001, at 9:00 a.m. in Louisville, Kentucky.
The indictment of a person by a Grand Jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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