Massive Black Sues Ex-Employees for Pilfering Development Business, Fraud, Etc.

July 16, 2006 at 2:59 pm - by Dale Dietrich

Categories: "Inside Baseball" • Criminal Prosecutions • Employment Law Cases • Misc. Contract Cases • Non-Compete Cases • Unfair Business Practice Casses

Massive Black is suing its former employees James Xi Zhang and Jenny Chen for interference with contractual relations, fraud, unlawful access to computer network, trespass, breach of contract and interference with prospective business advantage. Massive, a game-art and design subcontractor for games such as Killzone 2, Helgate: Longdon and Battlefield 2142, alleges, among other things, that Zhang and Chen, while still employed by Massive Black, competitively bid on projects from Massive’s customer, without Massive’s knowledge, won the contract and used Massive’s resources (equipment and development personnel – while still on Massive’s payroll) to work on the pilfered projects. Massive also alleges that up to $150,000 was siphoned out of the company using inflated expense reporting.

Sources: 1Up.com | Discussed in the April 14, 2006 “1Up Yours” Podcast (Time Index 48:15-52:15) | Gamasutra