This week, a startling tale rocked the NBA. According to ESPN, a former member of the Minnesota Timberwolves is being charged with a major offense for allegedly stealing goods from a team executive.

According to a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday and obtained by ESPN, a Minnesota Timberwolves employee was fired, arrested, and charged with felony third-degree burglary for allegedly stealing thousands of internal files, including “strategic NBA information,” from a team executive. Baxter Holmes wrote the story.

 

Somar Sarkar, a 33-year-old former NBA coaching analyst for the Timberwolves, is the individual at the center of this affair. He is being held at this time and is scheduled to appear in court in Minnesota on Thursday afternoon.

Other than stating that they are aware of the accusations, the Timberwolves have nothing more to say about the matter. Holmes states that the team has no intention of filing any criminal charges against Sarkar.

The incident in question happened around the beginning of February. Executive vice president of the Timberwolves Sachin Gupta left a hard drive connected to a laptop in his office at the team’s home arena on February 2.The hard disk had a plethora of data, including Gupta’s personal information and confidential team information. He reported the hard disk missing when he returned to the workplace on February 5.

Two appearances of Sarkar on February 3rd were captured on surveillance footage.Complaint was written by Holmes at ESPN “after looking to see if anyone could see him.” “And he departed.”

The hard disk was found, and Sarkar was fired right away. But after forensic examination, it was discovered that Sarkar had accessed over 5,000 files and copied the material to another device.

Sarkar was taken into custody on Monday. A computer, three tablets, and numerous hard drives were discovered in his house after a search warrant was obtained. An further warrant obtained resulted in the discovery of a gadget that held Gupta’s personal data.