UAE department store employee accused of leaking confidential details to competitor

Dubai: Police are investigating a complaint a former employee of a leading department store chain in the UAE leaked confidential information.

The employee has been accused of leaking confidential information and client lists to competitors, which the complainant said has caused his company huge losses in the past few months.

The case, currently under investigation by Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was filed in December against R.K.J, an Indian national, who used to work for the department store chain before resigning in August and joining a competitor.