Apple has allegedly terminated Indian-origin employees in the US for misusing its matching grants scheme by creating false donation records. The Telugu Association of North America (TANA) faces scrutiny, with a subpoena demanding extensive financial documents for a joint FBI-IRS-DOJ investigation into potential misappropriation of matching grants.
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