TWO former Javea actual property firm staff who arrange their very own agency have been accused of stealing confidential data to drum up their very own shopper base and gross sales.
Oliver Koch and Maeva Varlet allegedly shaped Koch & Varlet Luxurious Realtors whereas nonetheless working for Miralbo Urbana which builds and sells luxurious houses.
Prosecutors say they bought villas on behalf of their very own firm whereas nonetheless on the Miralbo Urbana payroll by diverting prospects to their enterprise.
READ MORE:
They had been ‘came upon’ when a shopper mistakenly despatched a cost to Miralbo Urbana, slightly than to the couple.
A Denia choose imposed a excessive joint-bail determine for Koch and Varlet- totalling €1.9 million.
Prosecutors need them jailed for a complete of three-and-a-half years every for fraud and disclosing enterprise secrets and techniques.
The trial- at a date to be set- will likely be held in Benidorm.
Miralbo Urbana denounced Koch and Varlet after they allegedly broke signed confidentiality and belief pledges with the corporate supervisor.
They declare they found ‘fraudulent manoeuvres aimed toward appropriating prospects and the enterprise’.
The duo had entry to the entire firm’s databases, contacts, technique, and prospects.
The indictment states that they arrange a brand new agency, Koch & Varlet Luxurious Realtors, which was the similar subject of enterprise carried out by Miralbo Urbana.
They’re accused of ‘aiming to acquiring illicit monetary profit, empty a part of the saved emails, and taking data on purchasers and tasks’.
Koch and Varlet vehemently deny the fees.