McAfee Suspends Israeli Exec; Launches Internal Probe

June 12, 2008 at 5:45 pm PT

McAfee (MFE) has suspended Yaniv Alfi, the company’s territory manager in Israel, and is investigating business practices in the company’s Israeli operations, a spokesman for the company confirmed to Tech Trader Daily this afternoon. The McAfee spokesman also confirmed the resignation of McAfee Middle East regional director Patrick Hayati.

The investigation was first reported earlier today by Globes, an Israeli business publication. The Globes story said that McAfee has started “an extensive investigation at McAfee Israel into alleged irregularities, including grey market activity of the company’s products.”

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