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Two former Javea employees who started their own real estate firm were accused of stealing information in order to increase their client base and sales.
Oliver Koch and Maeva Varlet allegedly formed Koch & Varlet Luxury Realtors while still working for Miralbo Urbana which builds and sells luxury homes.
The prosecution claims that they diverted customers from Miralbo Urbana to their company, while still being paid by Miralbo Urbana.
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They were ‘found out’ when a client mistakenly sent a payment to Miralbo Urbana, rather than to the couple.
A Denia judge imposed a high joint-bail figure for Koch and Varlet- totalling €1.9 million.
Prosecutors are seeking a total jail term of three and a quarter years for each defendant for fraud and divulging trade secrets.
The trial will take place in Benidorm at a later date.
Miralbo Urbana has denounced Koch & Varlet for allegedly breaking confidentiality and trust agreements with the manager of the company.
They claim they discovered ‘fraudulent manoeuvres aimed at appropriating customers and the business’.
The two men had access to the entire company’s database, including contacts, strategies, and customers.
The indictment states that they set up a new firm, Koch & Varlet Luxury Realtors, which was the identical field of business carried out by Miralbo Urbana.
They are accused of ‘aiming to obtaining illicit financial benefit, empty part of the stored emails, and taking information on clients and projects’.
Koch and Varlet strongly deny these charges.
