Hennepin County authorities have charged Minnesota Timberwolves employee Somak Sarkar with third-degree theft after he allegedly stole a hard drive from the team’s executive vice president, CBS News reports.
The complaint states that the Timberwolves’ executive vice president (EVP) left his laptop at the team’s Minnesota office on February 2nd, and when he returned the following Monday, it was gone. according to To CBS.
Investigators said surveillance camera footage showed Sarkar entering the vice president’s office on February 3. According to CBS, Sarkar claims he took it “to put something down,” but that he forgot to return it.
The criminal complaint lists the alleged theft victim only as SG, but the Timberwolves’ executive vice president is Sachin Gupta.
CBS reported that the research team learned that Sarkar had allegedly taken the laptop and ordered an analysis of both the hard drive and Sarkar’s personal laptop. Analysis revealed that Sarkar is suspected of using his personal laptop to download more than 5,000 files to other devices, CBS said.
Police arrested Sarkar on Monday after searching his home and finding allegedly stolen files on another device, according to CBS. (Related: Bizarre clip shows NBA star playing shutdown defense against his own teammate)
Sarkar previously worked under Gupta but was moved to the coaching staff in August “due to job performance,” CBS News reported.
The lesson here is that if someone is bad at their job, don’t stir them up in your organization. Just fire them. It is said that he was removed from Gupta’s team due to his work performance and took revenge six months later. Investigators said files on the hard drive included EVP’s social security number and confidential financial documents, according to CBS.
I know it’s very difficult to fire someone for no reason in this day and age where literally everyone is spoiled. But someone is lazy about their work…that’s a big culprit. Instead, they probably moved this guy into a role with very little responsibility for very embarrassing behavior. I’m not defending Sarkar’s alleged actions at all, but the T-Wolves should have seen this coming.
