CSC to sue ServiceMesh man Eric Pulier over Australian bribe scandal

CSC has initiated legal action against Eric Pulier, formerly head of strategy for the company's Emerging Business group, over his actions as head of service. Pulier is alleged to have made improper payments to executives of Australia's Commonwealth Bank. Those payments are said to have won ServiceMesh the deal, making it a …

[x 7]

so who did the pre-takeover due diligence and why aren't they and the auditors being sued?

This sounds more like an attempt at misdirection by CSC to hide their involvement

[Mark 85]

Smells like HP and Autonomy doesn't it? I believe there will be more of these as companies attempt to "unlock" and "return shareholder value". Greed makes the brass ignore or skip over the due diligence it seems.

[Anonymous Coward]

The problem as I see it, is if an organisation feels the need to create ego-soaked bullshit job titles like 'Head of Strategy', then it will attract ego-soaked bullshit artists to those jobs. Pandemonium follows.