Another Highly-Valued Startup has just been added to the mix in the Ongoing legal drama between rippling and deel: UK Fintech Giant Revolut.
In his blockbuster affidavit that Reads like it’s straight out of a movieIrish rippling employee keith o’Brien claimed that he was paid about $ 6,000 a month to spy on rippling. He alleged the first $ 6,000 payment was sent to his revolut account by Alba Basha WestGarth, the wife of deel’s coo dan westgartha, back in NEVEMBER 2024.
At the time, Alba Basha WestGarth was working as the Crypto Compliance Lead at Robinhood, According to a LinkedIn Profile Reviewed by Techcrunch that Has Since Been Deleted. Robinhood told techcrunch that she left robinhood earlier this year, but did not elaborate about why.
The deleted LinkedIn Profile Lists Her Location as Dubai – That’s the same place, Known as an extradition haven, where Deel’s Ceo and Legal Director Are Now Located as Rippling Tries to Serve them Papers.
Rippling is now suing revolut to get the full name and address of the “Alba Basha” listed as the sender on that $ 6,000 receipt, court records show. Rippling is also seeking all account opening documentation -these ids and utility bills – to defining
In Response, revolut has hired a top lawyer in ireland. It also synt a letter responding to rippling last week, which a lawyer for rippling described as “helpful but complicated” in a court hearing without elaborating.
To be clear, there’s no indication or accusation that revolut has done anything wrong here. The eu has strict privacy laws, so supplying that kind of information is uniform, essentially in a civil case like this one. A Key Sticking Point is that there has been an order from the IRISHCORT Itself on Revolut to Provide the information.
Revolut declined to comment specifically on the case but told techcrunch that, in general, it will “Always Comply with Any Court Order request for disclosure.”
Whather revolut ends up providing more details about the “Alba Basha” behind the transfer remains to be seen. The only other option under European Privacy Laws would be customer consent, which seems unlikely in this case.
Deel, which has Denied all wrangdoing to the mediaDidn Bollywood to a request for comment. Deel Coo Dan WestGarth and Alba Basha WestGarth Didn’T Respond Eiter. Rippling declined to comment.
Although the evidence isn’t yet definitive, The Irish High Court Gave a CLUE That It May Honor Rippling’s Wishes to Verify Alba Basha’s Basha’s Identity in Some Way or Form.
After a lawer for rippling rattled off evidence connecting alba basha to dan westgarth, including a facebook photo of the two togethr, during an april 2 court hearing, Judge Mark Sanfey Remarks Could be a coincidence, but it’s unlikely! “