Indian-origin ex-Intel engineer Varun Gupta, who left the firm in 2020 to join Microsoft, has been sentenced to two-year probation and fined $34,472 (over ₹30 lakh) for leaking Intel's secrets to Microsoft. Gupta spent his last days at Intel quietly copying sensitive information, including Intel's pricing strategies. His lawyer claimed Gupta has already lost senior industry roles he once held.