Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling

An affidavit and related lawsuits allege that Deel’s CEO recruited a Rippling payroll manager to spy on Rippling, coordinating via Telegram with self-deleting channels and paying initially via Revolut and later cryptocurrency; after a Slack sting exposed the activity, the employee allegedly factory-reset and destroyed his phone on legal advice and briefly filed a false complaint about sanctioned Russian payments before cooperating with Rippling. The report focuses on corporate espionage and legal maneuvers rather than technical cyber threat details.