Compaq accuses brokers of $20m rebate fraud

The Register: “Compaq is sueing three dealer principals for the recovery of $20m in rebates
allegedly defrauded from the company.

Compaq accuses Harry Martin and Shafiq Ahhmed of Millenium Technology Group,
a Virginia-based computer broker, and Stephen Pridemore, of South Carolina
Creative Resources Group Inc, of conspiring to “defraud Compaq into paying
millions of dollars
in unearned rebates and special marketing support funds”.