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KLUGER HEALEY, LLC


788 Shrewsbury Ave., Suite 2182
Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724
T: (732) 852-7500
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.


Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-01460-PGS-DEA

v.
CARY HARR, MARIA-VICTORIA
VELUZ, JEFFREY BIRCH, TONY
DEMARINIS, JOSHUA
HAIMS, DANIEL HELFRICH, and
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

Defendants.

Plaintiff Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Booz Allen), through its undersigned counsel,
states and alleges as follows:
NATURE OF THE CASE
1.

This action arises out of Defendants unlawful interference with Booz Allens

business through their improper inducement of a critical group of Booz Allen employees to
leave Booz Allen and join its competitor Deloitte Consulting LLP (Deloitte). Defendants
effected what they described as a lift out of Booz Allens Instructional Development and
Immersive Learning Team (Booz Allen IDIL Team) by unlawfully soliciting, taking, and

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receiving proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information, and by improperly utilizing that
information to recruit Booz Allen employees and target Booz Allens existing and prospective
contracts and clients. A critical component of the illegal plan was to make sure the work can
follow the people once they are lifted out; once the plan had been consummated, Deloitte
gloated that [e]ffectively, weve hired away their entire immersive learning/gaming/simulation
practiceWoot!
2.

Defendant Deloitte perpetrated this wrongful scheme through the actions of its

individual employees, including Defendants Joshua Haims (Haims), Daniel Helfrich


(Helfrich), Tony Demarinis (Demarinis), and Jeffrey Birch (Birch) (collectively, Deloitte
Defendants). The Deloitte Defendants acted in concert with former Booz Allen employees
Cary Harr (Harr) and Maria-Victoria Veluz (Veluz), who engaged in this illegal conduct
while they were still employed by Booz Allen. Harr and Veluz misappropriated and disclosed to
the Deloitte Defendants trade secrets and highly confidential and proprietary information
belonging to Booz Allen (Booz Allen Information) in order to facilitate the surreptitious
recruitment of eight other Booz Allen IDIL Team members (the Former Booz Allen
Employees) and, later, the targeting of Booz Allen contracts and customers. Defendants Harr
and Veluz took these actions even though they owed a duty of loyalty to Booz Allen and despite
having executed substantially identical Agreements Concerning Proprietary Information and
Intellectual Property with Booz Allen (Confidentiality Agreements) prohibiting such
conduct.
3.

The Deloitte Defendants, for their part, maliciously interfered with Booz Allens

business relationships with its clients and employees by conspiring with Harr and Veluz to
wrongfully solicit the Booz Allen IDIL Team members to join Deloitte; by inducing Harr and

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Veluz to provide confidential and proprietary Booz Allen information to Deloitte; and by
knowingly misusing that information to entice away the Former Booz Allen Employees and
target Booz Allens existing and prospective contracts and clients.
4.

The information wrongfully obtained by the Deloitte Defendants included, but

was not limited to: the salaries, roles, and security clearances of the Booz Allen IDIL Team;
revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts; a playable demonstration of
a simulation that was still in development by Booz Allen; and screenshots and videos of work
performed by Booz Allen for its clients. The Deloitte Defendants planned to use this proprietary
and confidential information not just to lift out the Booz Allen IDIL Team, but also to market
the Teams capabilities once they arrived at Deloitte and to deprive Booz Allen of its ability to
compete for work it anticipated it would secure.
5.

Indeed, the specific aim of Defendants scheme was to cause a mass resignation

of the Booz Allen IDIL Team in order to cripple Booz Allen and prevent Booz Allen from
performing work for its current and prospective clients. As a result of Defendants unlawful
acts, all of the Former Booz Allen Employees resigned from their Booz Allen employment
effective on or around June 25, 2012, and soon thereafter began working for Deloitte.
6.

As a result of Defendants tortious conduct, Booz Allen suffered substantial

damage to its business. Among other harms, Booz Allen lost revenue that would have been
earned by the Team, was forced to delay the delivery of certain projects, thereby damaging
important business relationships, and had to devote significant and unexpected resources to
complete existing projects. Defendants unlawful interference caused Booz Allen not to secure
follow-on business that it otherwise would have obtained from the customers on those existing
projects. Booz Allen was forced to expend substantial time and money recruiting and training

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replacements to re-staff the Booz Allen IDIL Team. And Booz Allen had to invest additional
time and money to modify existing and future Booz Allen immersive learning products to
differentiate them from the Booz Allen IDIL projects unlawfully provided to Deloitte. For all of
these reasons, Booz Allen suffered, and will continue to suffer, harm from the disclosure of its
confidential and proprietary information and Defendants tortious interference with its contracts
and economic advantage.
Parties
7.

Plaintiff Booz Allen is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business

at 8283 Greensboro Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22102.


8.

Defendant Harr is a former employee of Booz Allen and currently resides at 33

Cloverdale Road in Barnegat, New Jersey.


9.

Defendant Veluz is a former employee of Booz Allen and currently resides at 364

Westwood Ave., Apt. 68, Long Branch, New Jersey, 07704.


10.

Defendant Birch is a Senior Manager at Deloitte and currently resides at 9205

Cypress Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814.


11.

Defendant Demarinis is a former Booz Allen Principal and currently a Director at

Deloitte, and currently resides at 8428 Magruder Mill Court, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817.
12.

Defendant Haims is a Principal in the Human Capital Practice of Deloitte and

currently resides at 123 East Moreland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19118.


13.

Defendant Helfrich is a Principal in the Human Capital Practice of Deloitte and

currently resides at 1322 Kurtz Rd, McLean, Virginia, 22101.


14.

Deloitte is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1633

Broadway, New York, NY, 10019.

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Jurisdiction and Venue


15.

This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

1331 and 28 U.S.C. 1367 because this action arises under the laws of the United States.
16.

Venue is appropriate in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391 because (i) Harr

and Veluz reside in New Jersey, (ii) Deloitte does business in New Jersey, (iii) the individual
Deloitte Defendants engaged in misconduct the effects of which occurred in New Jersey, and
(iv) the events giving rise to Booz Allens claims occurred in this district.
17.

Personal jurisdiction over Harr and Veluz is proper in this district because they

both reside and work in this district, and because Harr and Veluz committed unlawful acts
within New Jersey.
18.

Personal jurisdiction over Deloitte is proper in this district because this action

arises from acts that Deloittes employees and agents committed within New Jersey or
purposefully directed toward that state.
19.

Personal jurisdiction over the individual Deloitte Defendants is proper in this

district because this action arises from acts each Defendant committed within New Jersey or
purposefully directed toward that state.
The Red Bank Lab
20.

Booz Allen is a global company involved in management consulting, technology,

engineering, and analytics for government agencies, commercial customers, and nonprofit
organizations.
21.

A significant component of Booz Allens business is its Human Capital, Learning,

and Communications Team, which specializes in helping private and government clients
enhance workforce performance and mission effectiveness. Each segment within this team
focuses on a different type of client solution or set of solutions. For example, the Human
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Capital segment assists clients in planning for, building, and managing strong and productive
labor forces through human capital expertise and the strategic integration of talent, structures,
processes, and technology. Within the Learning segment, Booz Allen incorporates training,
education, and performance capabilities into its client solutions in connection with helping
clients increase workforce performance. In the Communications segment, Booz Allen helps
clients identify the current state of their organization or industry, address their information
needs, and develop and implement strategies, initiatives, and programs to achieve
communication goals.
22.

The Instructional Development and Immersive Learning Capability (the IDIL

Capability) is an essential element of the Human Capital, Learning, and Communications


Team. The IDIL Capability allows Booz Allen to produce for its clients sophisticated 3D
models, animations, interactive simulations, games, and videos that are used for various
purposes, including training, education, and performance support. Booz Allen has spent a
significant amount of time and money developing the IDIL Capability, investing in hardware,
software, and facilities, and training the employees supporting the IDIL Capability.
23.

To further grow the IDIL Capability, Booz Allen opened the Red Bank Lab where

Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees worked. Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz
Allen Employees included 3D modelers, mobile and video developers, animators, programmers,
and multimedia artists, and comprised the Booz Allen IDIL Team. While employed at Booz
Allen, Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees created confidential and proprietary
video, audio, web-based, and software-based instructional tools, instructional simulator games,
mobile and 3D developments, and immersive learning programs for some of Booz Allens most

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important clients, such as the U.S. Departments of Labor, Commerce and Army, to assist those
clients in training and educating their workforces and in enhancing workplace performance.
24.

Because the Red Bank Lab is a critical component of the IDIL Capability, Booz

Allen has invested substantial money, effort, and resources in the Red Bank Lab, including for
the recruitment and development of a highly-skilled employee base. Since moving to the Red
Bank location in 2010, Booz Allen has invested in cutting-edge software and hardware for the
laboratory and has provided Red Bank employees with subscriptions to online training websites
and attendance at major training conferences and trade shows. Booz Allen also provided
Defendants Harr and Veluz and the Former Booz Allen Employees tuition reimbursement for
training and skill enhancement.
25.

This significant investment, together with Booz Allens focus on developing its

trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information, gives Booz Allen a substantial
advantage in the highly competitive instructional development and immersive learning market,
as well as in other markets involving 3D-modeling and video animation. Because of Booz
Allens leading role in these markets, Booz Allens employees and confidential and proprietary
information are highly valuable to Booz Allens competitors.
Defendant Harrs Employment with Booz Allen
26.

Booz Allen employed Harr from July 6, 2004 to May 31, 2012, as a member of

the Booz Allen IDIL Team and the Red Bank Lab. Harr was team leader for the Booz Allen
IDIL Team and had certain managerial responsibilities related to the Former Booz Allen
Employees, but he did not have any direct responsibilities regarding the Former Booz Allen
Employees compensation, nor was he authorized to access such confidential information. Harr
also engaged in instructional creation and programming for the Booz Allen IDIL Team. Booz

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Allen employed Harr in a position of great trust and confidence that required him to provide
Booz Allen with his utmost loyalty and faithful service.
27.

Because of Booz Allens legitimate interest in protecting its confidential and

proprietary information, as well as the sensitive nature of Harrs and the Booz Allen IDIL
Teams work, Booz Allen and Harr executed the Harr Confidentiality Agreement at the
commencement of Harrs employment with Booz Allen.
28.

Pursuant to the Harr Confidentiality Agreement, Harr agreed that it is crucial for

Booz Allen to ensure the security of its proprietary and confidential information and,
accordingly, that Harr would not use or disclose the proprietary and confidential information of
Booz Allen and its clients, contractors, or business associates. Specifically, Harr agreed as
follows:
I understand that Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Booz Allen), in the conduct of its
business, must ensure the security of technical, business, financial, and other information
that relates to Booz Allen, its clients, contractors, business associates, and employees.
Such information (Proprietary Information) includes but is not limited to proprietary
know-how; operational, competitive, financial, technical, and sensitive or confidential
personnel information; inventions; techniques; computer software; and related
documentation and materials.
I also understand that Proprietary Information is vital to the success of Booz Allens
business and that I may become acquainted with Proprietary Information, or contribute to
Proprietary Information through my employment at Booz Allen.
...
Therefore, in consideration for and as a condition of my employment, I agree to the
following:
Both during and after my employment with Booz Allen . . . I will not directly or indirectly
use, disclose, reproduce or dispose of Proprietary Information except as authorized and
necessary to carry out my assigned responsibilities on behalf of Booz Allen.
(Ex. A, Intro, 1) (emphasis added).

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29.

Harr also agreed that any and all Booz Allen Developments (as defined in the

Harr Confidentiality Agreement) are the exclusive property of Booz Allen, and that he has no
property or proprietary rights in such developments, as follows:
I hereby assign to Booz Allen all right, title and interest in any developments, designs,
patents, inventions, improvements, writings and other works of authorship, trade secrets,
artwork, ideas, know-how, drawings, specifications, models, trademarks, copyrightable
material, software (including source code, object code, algorithms, flow charts and design
documents) and Proprietary Information (Booz Allen Developments) which I made,
developed or conceived, or I may make, develop or conceive, during the term of my
employment, whether or not made or prepared in the course of my employment with
Booz Allen:

with the use of the time, materials, equipment, information or facilities of Booz Allen;
or

which relate ... to any Booz Allen product, service, activity, trade secret, actual or
demonstrably anticipated research or development, business method or other
methodology; or

which are suggested by or resulting from any work performed by me or others for
Booz Allen.

...
I agree that, unless otherwise acknowledged in a writing signed by my sector president or
chief administrative officer, my contributions to Booz Allen Developments were made as
works for hire created for and owned exclusively by Booz Allen. Therefore, I will
have no property or other proprietary rights in Booz Allen Developments, including
patent rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, copyrights and trade secret rights.
(Ex. A, 5, 7.)
30.

The Harr Confidentiality Agreement further provides that Harr must promptly

return any Booz Allen documents or materials when his employment terminates:
At the time my employment terminates, or upon an earlier request from Booz Allen, I
agree to promptly return to Booz Allen any documents, or materials, in digital or other
formats, and any copies thereof, which I have removed from its offices that in any way
contain or refer to Proprietary Information.
(Ex. A, 2.)

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31.

In the course of his employment at Booz Allen, and as a result of his having

executed the Harr Confidentiality Agreement, Booz Allen entrusted Harr with access to, and he
acquired knowledge of, sensitive, confidential, and proprietary business information, including,
but not limited to, personnel data, training materials and packages, instructional manuals,
demos, business proposals, marketing materials, project fact sheets, mock ups, templates,
prototypes, videos, simulator games, and developer files containing the underlying software
coding.
32.

Booz Allen provides information of the kind described above in paragraph 31

only to employees who are bound to a confidentiality agreement such as the Harr Confidentiality
Agreement (or to its clients, if the information is part of Booz Allens deliverable). Not all
employees who have signed such an agreement are given access to all Booz Allen Information;
instead, Booz Allen identifies employees with a need to know and provides them access by
giving them a unique user ID and password.
33.

Having executed the Harr Confidentiality Agreement, and as a result of his work

in the Red Bank Lab, Harr worked on several projects involving highly confidential and
proprietary information. These projects included, but were not limited to, the Signal Theory,
Wolfhound, MedSim, Department of Commerce, and Phoenix projects:

The Signal Theory Project involved a contract with the U.S. Air Forces
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance program office in San Antonio, Texas.
This contract was awarded to Booz Allen in November 2011 and ran through
February 2012. This project involved the Booz Allen IDIL Team developing
animations.

For the Wolfhound Project, the Booz Allen IDIL Team developed a user guide and
a software-based training package for highly classified equipment for the U.S.
Armys Intelligence and Electronic Warfare program office. This contract was
awarded to Booz Allen in or around July 2011 and ended in November 2011.

The MedSim Project was a Booz Allen internally-funded effort for Booz Allens
Civilian and Veterans Affairs Segment. Veluz, Harr, and other members of the Booz
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Allen IDIL Team were tasked with developing an electronic demonstration for patient
care. To date, Booz Allen has spent approximately $25,000 for this development
project.

34.

Booz Allen undertook the DOC Project under a contract with the Department of
Commerce to create an interactive web-based program to teach Department
employees to better protect personally identifying information. Similarly, Booz Allen
created a computer simulation training program containing 3D-modeling of military
equipment for the Phoenix project pursuant to a six-year contract for the U.S. Army.
One or more of the Former Booz Allen Employees worked on each of these

projects; as a result, Harr gained significant knowledge and understanding of each employees
skills and abilities. Harr was further instrumental in recruiting each of the Former Booz Allen
Employees, as he wrote the job requirements and skills necessary for vacancies, interviewed
candidates, and ultimately recommended candidates for hiring.
Defendant Veluzs Employment with Booz Allen
35.

Booz Allen employed Veluz from May 12, 2003 until June 26, 2012, first as a

member of the Human Capital and Learning Team and later as a member of the Booz Allen
IDIL Team. As a multimedia artist with expertise in Adobe Flash development and a
technical lead, Veluz worked on various important projects for Booz Allen, including engaging
in mobile and 3Ddevelopment and creating confidential and proprietary webcasts, videos,
software-based instructional tools, immersive learning tools, and instructional simulator games
for Booz Allens most important clients, including the U.S. Departments of Labor and Army. In
connection with her employment with Booz Allen, Veluz worked out of the Red Bank Lab.
36.

In January 2012, Veluz transferred to Booz Allens Creative Solutions Team and

remained a member of this team until she resigned in June 2012. The Creative Solutions Team
develops videos for trade shows and provides strategic communications, primarily for
government clients. After Veluz joined the Creative Solutions Team, that team also began to

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provide learning-oriented services. As she did as a member of the IDIL Team, Veluz created
confidential and proprietary videos while part of the Creative Solutions Team.
37.

Booz Allen employed Veluz in a position of great trust and confidence that

required her to provide Booz Allen with her utmost loyalty and faithful service.
38.

Veluz executed the Veluz Confidentiality Agreement at the beginning of her

employment with Booz Allen. The Veluz Confidentiality Agreement contained provisions very
similar to the Harr Confidentiality Agreement, including the same prohibitions described in
paragraphs 28 to 30, above. (See Ex. B, Intro, 1-2, 5-6.)
39.

In the course of her employment at Booz Allen, and as a result of her having

executed the Veluz Confidentiality Agreement, Veluz was entrusted with access to and acquired
knowledge of sensitive, confidential, and proprietary business information, including, but not
limited to, templates, prototypes, demos, mock-ups, and simulator games. Specifically, Veluz
worked on several projects involving such confidential and proprietary information, including
the govbenefits.gov, Wolfhound, Rapid Equipment Force (REF), and Phoenix projects, as
well as a project for the Department of Commerce. The underlying developer files for the
govbenefits.gov and the Phoenix projects, and others on which Veluz worked and to which she
had access, are highly confidential and proprietary and are not available to the public.
Defendants Unlawful Recruitment of the Former Booz Allen
Employees to Work at Deloitte
40.

Defendant Demarinis is a former Booz Allen Principal who joined Deloitte as a

Director in January 2012. Demarinis previously worked for Booz Allen as a Principal in the
U.S. civil and commercial segments, including on the Human Capital, Learning, and
Communications Team, and worked closely with Harr and the Former Booz Allen Employees.

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Upon information and belief, Demarinis joined Deloitte to develop instructional development
and immersive learning capabilities that Deloitte did not previously have.
41.

The unlawful actions undertaken by Demarinis were not only premeditated; they

were orchestrated with the other Defendants, particularly Harr, over a long period of time.
Indeed, as early as December 2011, Demarinis and Harr began to discuss the possibility of
Harrs leaving Booz Allen to work with Demarinis at Deloitte.
42.

Demariniss recruitment did not, however, stop with Harr; instead, he sought to

acquire Booz Allens entire IDIL Team for the benefit of Deloitte. Upon information and belief,
Demarinis sought to recruit the entire Booz Allen IDIL Team in order to maximize the
likelihood that Deloitte could take current and prospective work from Booz Allen by destroying
Booz Allens IDIL capability and offering Booz Allen clients the services of the same team that
had been assisting them. As a former member of the Human Capital, Learning, and
Communications Team, Demarinis was aware that the Red Bank Lab employees functioned as a
closely-knit team. He therefore knew that enlisting the Booz Allen IDIL Teams current and
acting lead, Harr, to disparage Booz Allen and covertly recruit on Deloittes behalf would
greatly aid Deloittes efforts.
43.

Thus, on January 27, 2012, following a call with Harr, Demarinis began to solicit

confidential information about the Booz Allen IDIL Team for the purpose of determining how
Deloitte could replicate the Teams capabilities. Upon information and belief, Harr agreed to
provide this confidential information on an ongoing basis to further their scheme. Harr
responded that 10 employees would be required for the full breadth of capabilities, and shared
with Demarinis the confidential information that, as Booz Allen employees, 50 percent of the
10 [earn] 70K or less.

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44.

On February 22, 2012more than three months before their departures from

Booz AllenHarr and Veluz met with Demarinis in the Washington, D.C. area to discuss the
possibility of departing Booz Allen for Deloitte. Harr had informed Demarinis that Veluz (who,
like Harr, was still employed at Booz Allen) was aware of their communications and asked
Demarinis if Veluz could join their scheduled meeting.
45.

At the meeting, Harr and Veluz agreed to provide Demarinis with information

that was proprietary and confidential to Booz Allen in order to facilitate the Booz Allen IDIL
Teams potential defection to Deloitte. Upon information and belief, Demarinis would use this
confidential and proprietary information to: (i) demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value
to senior Deloitte personnel; (ii) craft carefully calibrated offers to the Former Booz Allen
Employees; (iii) market the capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team; and (iv) pursue Booz
Allens existing contracts and clients. Demarinis, who had worked at Booz Allen and executed
a confidentiality agreement similar to those agreed to by Harr and Veluz, knew, or at a minimum
should have known, that Harr and Veluz could not lawfully share such information with
Deloitte.
46.

The next day, Harr provided Demarinis with a link to the Booz Allen IDIL

Teams latest playable demonstration for an interactive healthcare training gamewhich was
still under internal development at Booz Allenalong with instructions for playing it. Because
the demonstration was hosted on a password-protected Booz Allen site, Harr sent Demarinis the
URL for the site, as well as a username and password, so that Demarinis could access the
protected material on Booz Allens systems.
47.

Harr also sent to Demarinis a sample of blended items created by the Booz

Allen IDIL Team, remarking that it was [p]robably the most complex and programmatically

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difficult we have done so far, and included a link to a separate project, this time one relating to
the Teams San Antonio work, hosted on the same password-protected Booz Allen website as
the playable demonstration. Harr further informed Demarinis that he was working with
[Veluz] to come up with a document that will give you an idea of costs, etc. associated with our
discussion.
48.

Later that same day (February 23, 2012), Demarinis logged onto the protected

Booz Allen website with the improperly provided credentials and accessed the playable
demonstration. Booz Allen had not authorized Harr to provide Demarinis with access to this
website and demo, nor had it authorized Demarinis, an employee of a competitor, to access this
website and demo. Demarinis knew or should have known that Harr lacked authority to
authorize Demariniss access to Booz Allens confidential and proprietary information, which
was hosted on Booz Allen computers connected to the internet and used in interstate commerce.
Upon information and belief, Harr and Demarinis understood that the advanced technology
reflected in the demonstration, developed at Booz Allens expense, could be adapted by Deloitte
to a wide range of applications and projects.
49.

Upon information and belief, around this time, Demarinis shared the sample of

blended items and Booz Allens protected website and demo with Defendants Helfrich, Haims,
and Birch. Upon information and belief, Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and Birch used this
confidential Booz Allen work product to evaluate the capabilities and value to Deloitte of the
Booz Allen IDIL Team. Upon information and belief, Helfrich, Haims, and Birch supported or
approved Demariniss scheme to poach Booz Allens IDIL Team and provided advice and
counsel in carrying out this plan.

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50.

In furtherance of this scheme, Demarinis requested that Harr provide Deloitte

with the Booz Allen IDIL Teams requirements before the evening of Monday, February 27,
explaining that Demarinis was meeting with a lead partner and this will be a subject of
discussion. Upon information and belief, the lead partner was Helfrich.
51.

Veluz thereafter drafted a document entitled Team Salaries and shared it with

Harr on February 24, 2012. Both Harr and Veluz used non-Booz Allen email accounts for this
correspondence. The Team Salaries spreadsheet reflected highly confidential information
related to the Booz Allen IDIL Teams salaries.
52.

Only two days after meeting with Demarinis, and using a non-Booz Allen email

account, Harr accessed a Booz Allen file entitled Team Salaries and downloaded to his laptop
documents related to confidential Booz Allen salary information for his subordinates on the
Booz Allen IDIL Team and for Veluz, who at that time had been transferred to the Creative
Solutions Services team. Later that same day (February 24, 2012), Harr sent Demarinis a
spreadsheet entitled Team Budget, which included the proprietary and confidential
information regarding the Former Booz Allen Employees current salaries compiled by Veluz.
The spreadsheet also contained proprietary and confidential information related to the Booz
Allen IDIL Teams roles, hourly rates, and security clearances, along with cost figures for the
Teams hardware, software, training, educational, and space needs.
53.

Upon information and belief, around this time, Demarinis shared this personnel

and cost information with Helfrich, Haims, and Birch. Upon information and belief, Demarinis,
Helfrich, Haims, and Birch used this misappropriated personnel and cost information to assess
the costs of moving Booz Allens IDIL Team to Deloitte, to prepare calibrated salary offers for

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Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees, and to inform Deloittes assessment of how
Booz Allen would likely bid for contracts.
54.

Upon information and belief, around this time, Birch, Harr, Helfrich, and

Demarinis determined to move forward with the scheme to surreptitiously recruit the Booz
Allen IDIL Team, destroy Booz Allens IDIL capability, and take business away from Booz
Allen. Upon information and belief, Birch, Harr, Helfrich, and Demarinis each understood and
intended that, as part of this plan, Harr and Veluz would provide them confidential and
proprietary information related to current and potential IDIL projects.
55.

On April 10, 2012still more than 6 weeks before Harr resigned his employment

with Booz AllenDemarinis arranged for Harr to meet with Helfrich and Haims. Demarinis
told Harr, I want [Helfrich] to get a sense of you and what you offer. We should have a couple
of samples in our back pockets . . . . Harr replied, I have a lot of stuff to show, including all
of the simulators and games we have created. (emphasis added).
56.

Just three days later, on April 13, Harr forwarded Demarinis two screenshots of

the Phoenix project, noting that it was the latest hot off the press simulator.
57.

Helfrich and Demarinis met with Harr on April 26, 2012. Upon information and

belief, Harr displayed examples of confidential Booz Allen IDIL work productsuch as the
simulators and games he described to Demarinis on April 10 and sent to Demarinis on April
13to Helfrich and Demarinis at this meeting. Upon information and belief, Harr, Helfrich,
and Demarinis discussed the possibility of Booz Allen clients and contracts following the Booz
Allen IDIL Team to Deloitte. Upon information and belief, Helfrich and Demarinis requested
that Harr provide additional proprietary and confidential Booz Allen IDIL information following
the meeting.

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58.

The next day, Demarinis contacted Harr (who was still employed by Booz Allen)

to discuss office locations and to request that Harr [s]end the videos as soon as you can.
Demarinis wanted the videos as soon as possible because there was [n]o way to predict when
we will get an audience with [Deloitte executive John] GibbonsI want to be sure I am ready.
59.

On May 10 and 11, 2012, Veluz accessed confidential and proprietary

information sent to her from Harr. This Booz Allen Information included information related to
projects that Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees had worked on and developed
as Booz Allen employeesspecifically the Signal Theory, Wolfhound, Phoenix, and
MedSim projects. Upon information and belief, either Harr or Veluz manipulated these files
so that they no longer contained Booz Allen markings, logos, branding, or metadata.
60.

Harr also sent Veluz four videos and two screenshots containing highly

confidential and proprietary information related to the same projectsSignal Theory,


Wolfhound, Phoenix, and MedSim. He subsequently provided those same videos and
screenshots to Deloitte. But the videos that Harr provided to Deloitte had been manipulated and
modified from their original formats, upon information and belief, by either Harr or Veluz. Harr
provided these Booz Allen confidential and proprietary videos and screenshots to Deloitte to
demonstrate the Former Booz Allen Employees skills and capabilities.
61.

Upon information and belief, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis viewed these

videos and screenshots. Upon information and belief, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis
used these videos and screenshots in evaluating the skills and abilities of Harr, Veluz, and the
Former Booz Allen Employees and to gain inappropriate insight related to Booz Allens
intellectual property. Upon information and belief, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis were

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seeking to determine, among other things, whether the Booz Allen IDIL Teams work could be
used in Deloittes marketing materials or projects for prospective Deloitte clients.
62.

On May 11, 2012, Harr sent Haims, the Commercial Learning lead for Deloitte, a

link to a FTP server from which Haims could download a zip folder that Harr intended to
reference during a planned discussion of the Booz Allen IDIL Teams capabilities. Upon
information and belief, Haims downloaded this folder and viewed the contents to evaluate the
skills and capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team. Upon information and belief, Haims
shared these materials with at least Demarinis, Helfrich, and Birch, but possibly others.
63.

In arranging the discussion, Demarinis told Haims that [Harr] is prepared to meet

with you and provide a demonstration of the full range of his teams capabilities. Upon
information and belief, Haims met with Harr to view work created by the Booz Allen IDIL
Team and to further assess the value to Deloitte of poaching Booz Allens IDIL Team and
stealing Booz Allens intellectual property.
64.

Throughout this period, from December 2011 through May 2012, Harr and Veluz

disparaged Booz Allen to the Booz Allen IDIL Team colleagues they were planning to recruit to
Deloitte, including in the period before the now-Former Booz Allen Employees knew of Harr
and Veluzs contacts with Deloitte.
65.

In furtherance of their scheme, approximately one week after his meeting with

Helfrich, Harr sent Demarinis eight draft job descriptions to post on Deloittes website, noting
that I did not put in one for me. These descriptions were based on Harrs knowledge of the
specific qualifications and experience of the eight Former Booz Allen Employees.
66.

On May 22, 2012, Harr, using a non-Booz Allen email account, instructed the

Former Booz Allen Employees to apply for eight open positions on Deloittes website, and

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provided a link to Deloittes online job postings. Veluz responded, exhorting the Former Booz
Allen Employees to apply ASAP and stating that they should submit their applications
TODAY, if they had not already done so.
67.

Deloitte interviewed the Former Booz Allen Employees on May 31 and June 1 of

2012 at the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank, New Jersey. Birch, Demarinis, and Haims were
present for the interviews. On May 31, Harr and Former Booz Allen Employee Roxanne Splitt
met with Haims and other Deloitte employees to show demos [and] talk about team
capabilities. Upon information and belief, during this meeting, Harr and Splitt shared with
Demarinis, Haims, Helfrich, and Birch the confidential and proprietary Booz Allen work
product and confidential and proprietary Booz Allen information regarding the Booz Allen IDIL
Team capabilities.
Defendants Interference With
Booz Allens Business Relationships
68.

Deloitte knew how difficult, expensive, and time-consuming it would be to build

its own IDIL capabilities, skilled employee base, and client relationships. Rather than expend
the necessary effort and investment, Deloitte, through the actions of Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and
Demarinis, targeted and lifted such capability from Booz Allen. In poaching the core Booz
Allen IDIL Team, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis designed, intended, and conspired to:
(i) avoidat Booz Allens expensethe substantial investment that Deloitte would be required
to make to build, train, and market a comparable team; (ii) cripple Booz Allens ability to
continue to serve existing clients or compete for new opportunities in the immersive learning
field; and (iii) take immediate advantage of market demand that this fully functional group
could satisfy, including by specifically targeting existing work and relationships with Booz
Allen clients.

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69.

On June 11, 2012, the day before Deloitte extended offers to Harr, Veluz, and the

Former Booz Allen Employees, Demarinis discussed with another Deloitte executive, Patrick
Nealon, a Director in Deloittes Federal Practice (Nealon), how to make sure the work can
follow the people once they are lifted out. Upon information and belief, Haims, Helfrich,
Birch, Demarinis, Gibbon, Nealon, and other unknown Deloitte executives had ongoing
conversations about how to ensure the lift out of the Booz Allen IDIL Team to harm Booz
Allen and to obtain commercial advantage at its expense.
70.

To that end, throughout the course of their discussions with Harr and Veluz,

Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis agreed to seek and did seek to acquire confidential and
proprietary information regarding the projects on which the Booz Allen IDIL Team worked at
Booz Allen. Harr and Veluz misappropriated and furnished to Demarinis confidential Booz
Allen business information, knowing and intending that Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis
would use this information as part of a plan to gain an unfair advantage in soliciting Booz
Allens clients.
71.

For example, on May 17, 2012, Demarinis asked Harr, who was still employed at

Booz Allen in a position of trust and confidence, to provide him with revenue projections related
to Booz Allens current contractual projects.
72.

The next day, Harr sent Demarinis a list of the confidential projects for which the

Booz Allen IDIL Team was responsible, along with his best [revenue] estimates for those
projects for 2012. These estimates totaled over three million dollars in potential revenue for the
work anticipated or already underway by the Booz Allen IDIL Team. Soon after, Demarinis
asked Harr if it would be possible for [Deloitte] to go after the Booz Allen IDIL Teams
planned work for the FAA.

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73.

On June 6, 2012, Harr provided to Demarinis and Birch a more comprehensive

analysis of the opportunities stemming from the Teams confidential prior work, including
commentary on the status of each contract and Booz Allens relationship with certain clients.
On June 14, 2012, Birch forwarded this analysis to Melissa Cona, a member of the Human
Recourses staff at Deloitte, explaining that the document tracks the opportunities that they
think they might potentially be able to exploit based on prior work or pursuits.
74.

Harrs estimates were immediately reproduced in a June 6, 2012 Deloitte

Integration Plan for Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees, which listed, by
internal Booz Allen project name, over three million dollars worth of known market
opportunities identified by Harr, and indicated that one of Deloittes first steps following the
lift out of the Team was to review [these] carry over opportunities.
75.

The same strategy was incorporated into a June 7, 2012 Deloitte Transition

Plan, which listed near-term opportunities that included work being done by Booz Allen, and
listed review[ing] carry over opportunities (3M+ identified) among the plans business
development activities.
76.

Upon information and belief, this Transition Plan and Integration Plan were

developed with input from at least Birch and Demarinis, and reflected the Deloitte Defendants
intention to use Harrs and Veluzs confidential knowledge of Booz Allens client relationships
to pursue Booz Allens existing and prospective clients. Upon information and belief, the
Transition Plan and Integration Plan were shared with Haims and Helfrich, who agreed to
and approved of the strategy outlined therein. Upon information and belief, additional unknown
Deloitte executives reviewed and approved of the strategy outlined in the Transition Plan and
Integration Plan.

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77.

On June 11, 2012, Demarinis represented to Nealon that the bulk lift out from

[Booz Allen] of the Booz Allen IDIL Team would yield approximately $20 million in
revenues, deriving in part from work the team is performing in the [Department of Defense]
and marketing opportunities that have begun (FAA).
78.

Defendants planned to pursue existing Booz Allen work and customer

relationships in part because they expected the lift out of the Booz Allen IDIL Team to
destroy Booz Allens ability to continue to serve these clients, creating immediate opportunities
for Deloittes new team. For example, on June 6, 2012, Harr noted in an email to Birch that
$1.5 million in work could be taken away from Booz Allen because Booz Allen will not have
the ability to compete after the Booz Allen IDIL Teams departure, adding that the Booz Allen
IDIL Team had strong relationships with several of Booz Allens clients.
79.

Defendants intended for the Booz Allen IDIL Teams departure to disrupt Booz

Allens operations and customer relationships. On June 3, 2012, Harr explained to Veluz and
some of the Former Booz Allen Employees that for Booz Allen to make use of the work product
of the departing employees, it would first have to 1) find all appropriate files for a given
project; 2) have someone that understands each of the file types . . . 3) be able to understand
what has been done; 4) reassemble and publish the files etc.
80.

Harr insisted that the Former Booz Allen Employees not assist Booz Allen after

their departure. Indeed, the day after the Former Booz Allen Employees resignation, Harr
learned that Booz Allen was seeking to secure its proprietary and confidential information and
relayed the following firm instructions to Veluz and the Former Booz Allen Employees: All.
There is no reason to provide ANY more support to Booz be it through information,

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documentation and most certainly not with personal hardware (i.e., drives, personal computers,
etc.) ANY request for such is inappropriate and should be ignored.
81.

Harr had earlier directed the group, on May 27, 2012, to certainly take the files

you would like as reference material. Upon information and belief, Harr planned for the
Former Booz Allen Employees to use this wrongfully obtained reference material to continue
performing work for clients that had followed the Team to Deloitte.
82.

Upon information and belief, as reflected in the Transition Plan, Haims,

Helfrich, Birch, and Demarinis also intended to leverage existing Booz Allen materials for
Deloittes marketing efforts. The Transition Plan called for the identification of any and all
existing demos that Deloitte may use post on-boarding. On June 15, 2012, Demarinis told Harr
that he was working the issue as to whether we can use your past work as a demo and that
[w]e need to be prepared with a backup plan. The Defendants original plan was to use
confidential and proprietary Booz Allen Information to market the Booz Allen IDIL Team after
its move to Deloitte.
83.

Indeed, on June 21, 2012, Demarinis informed Harr that Demarinis had obtained a

$400,000 assignment for the teameven while they were still employed by Booz Allenby
marketing work performed by the Booz Allen IDIL Team for Booz Allen.
Harr, Veluz, and the Former Booz Allen Employees Leave Booz Allen
84.

On May 31, 2012, Harr resigned from Booz Allen. Immediately following his

resignation, Harr began working for Deloitte and is engaging in the same or similar type of work
at Deloitte that he performed for Booz Allen.
85.

Soon after they interviewed with Deloitte on May 31, 2012, and while they were

still employed by Booz Allen, the Former Booz Allen Employees received offers of employment

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from Deloitte. Based upon the confidential and proprietary Booz Allen salary information that
Harr and Veluz had provided to Deloitte, the offers of employment were carefully calibrated to
offer each employee a raise over their current salary at Booz Allen.
86.

Less than four weeks after Harr began working at Deloitte, on or about June 25,

2012, Veluz and all of the Former Booz Allen Employees left their Booz Allen employment,
and soon thereafter began working for Deloitte.
87.

After receiving acceptances of the job offers made to all of the Former Booz

Allen Employees, Deloitte Senior Manager Birch gloated that [e]ffectively, weve hired away
their entire immersive learning/gaming/simulation practiceWoot!
88.

Defendants concealed Deloittes active involvement in this scheme, including its

solicitation and use of Booz Allens proprietary information.


89.

Upon information and belief, Veluz and the Former Booz Allen Employees were

and are now working for Deloitte in the same or similar capacities for which they had worked
for Booz Allen, and are attempting to compete with Booz Allen with respect to the kinds of
work in which they previously engaged while employed at the Red Bank Lab. Upon
information and belief, until Defendants and the Former Booz Allen Employees began working
for Deloitte, Deloitte did not have the instructional development and immersive learning talent
needed to compete with Booz Allen.
90.

Following this mass departure, Booz Allen expended significant resources to staff

the Former Booz Allen Employees ongoing projects and recreate lost knowledge and
intellectual capital, as well as to investigate misappropriated confidential and proprietary
information. Booz Allen was forced to delay the delivery of ongoing projects by up to six
weeks; to devote considerable and unanticipated resources to complete existing projects; and to

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renegotiate deadlines, resulting in damaged client relationships and the loss of any past
performance recommendations that Booz Allens government clients could have provided for
these efforts. For example, a mobile learning project for the National Institute of Standards and
Technology was delayed by over two months and required about $25,000 in additional funds for
its completion, in part to pay to recreate graphics that Booz Allen was unable to locate after
certain Former Booz Allen Employees departures.
91.

In addition, Booz Allen billed fewer hours and lost revenue due to the staffing

shortages created by the Former Booz Allen Employees departures. Booz Allen also diverted
scarce resources to recruit new employees and investigate the damage to Booz Allens
intellectual property. As a result, the few remaining members of the Booz Allen IDIL Team
were unable to compete for new work, and Booz Allen lost prospective business during the
weeks and months following the departure of the Former Booz Allen Employees. For example,
Booz Allen failed to secure additional follow-on business that it expected to receive from
existing projects with both the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the
Department of Transportation.
92.

Because Booz Allens valuable confidential information was in the hands of its

competitor, Booz Allen was also forced to expend additional sums to differentiate future
immersive learning products from those which were illegally provided to Deloitte by
Defendants. For example, believing that Deloitte had access to the code underlying the MedSim
project, Booz Allen changed the entire programming language of that project, an undertaking
that cost Booz approximately $15,000 in addition to the $25,000 already spent to develop the
underlying code.

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93.

The mass recruitment of Booz Allens employees and the use and disclosure of

Booz Allen Information are harmful to Booz Allens business and goodwill. The use and
disclosure of this Booz Allen Information also provides Defendants with an unfair competitive
advantage and diminishes the competitive advantage Booz Allen has gained through its
expenditure of substantial money, effort, and resources.
Defendant Harrs Further Misappropriation and Destruction of Booz Allens
Confidential and Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets
94.

In addition to improperly using Booz Allens proprietary and confidential

information, and disclosing it to the Deloitte Defendants, Harr took several steps to retain Booz
Allens proprietary and confidential information and destroy the evidence that he had done so.
95.

In January 2012, while still employed at Booz Allen, Harr created a folder

containing Booz Allen Information on his Booz Allen-issued Dell laptop, which had been
provided to him for use in connection with the performance of his duties.
96.

Upon his resignation from Booz Allen on May 31, 2012, Harr failed to promptly

return his Booz Allen-issued laptop.


97.

Between May 31, 2012 and June 3, 2012, following Harrs resignation from Booz

Allen, while retaining possession of his Booz Allen-issued laptop, and, upon information and
belief, after he had agreed to begin working for Deloitte, Harr accessed this laptop at least
fifteen times, frequently launching files containing various Booz Allen Information, including
material related to highly confidential Booz Allen projects. Upon information and belief, Harr
also accessed Booz Allens network after his resignation from Booz Allen.
98.

On June 3, 2012, Harr conducted various searches on the Google Chrome internet

browser related to permanently deleting data from a computer.

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99.

On June 4, 2012, after his resignation from employment with Booz Allen and,

upon information and belief, after he had agreed to begin working for Deloitte, Harr attached a
USB device to his Booz Allen-issued laptop and copied the folder created in January onto that
device. Harr then deleted the folder and other content from the Booz Allen-issued laptop by
running a data cleaning program, CCleaner, at least seven times, with the last time on
June 4, 2012.
Defendant Veluzs Further Misappropriation and Destruction of Booz Allens
Confidential and Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets
100.

In addition to assisting Harrs efforts to improperly use Booz Allens proprietary

and confidential information, and disclose it to the Deloitte Defendants, Veluz took steps to
retain such information. Upon information and belief, Veluz intended to disclose this
information to the Deloitte Defendants.
101.

While still employed at Booz Allen, and without Booz Allens knowledge or

consent, Veluz created a website, http://velozano.com, and posted on that website, thus making
available to the public, including Deloitte, two videos containing Booz Allens confidential and
proprietary information.
102.

One video, govbenefits.gov,1 contains proprietary material related to Booz

Allens govbenefits.gov project that Booz Allen created for the U.S. Department of Labor. The
video contains alterations from the original Booz Allen webcast and includes a 2008 copyright
marker attributing the video to Velozano Studios.
103.

The second video, the Phoenix simulator demo, 2 contains confidential and

proprietary material related to Booz Allens Phoenix project that Booz Allen created for the U.S.
1

The video previously could be found at http://velozano.com/webcast/GovBenefits08.html; last visited February 25,
2013.
2
The video previously could be found at http://velozano.com/multimedia/phoenix.htm; last visited February 25,
2013.

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Army. The video contains a prominent Booz Allen Hamilton marker on a screen and directs
observers to contact Booz Allen employees for more information about the project. Further, the
video contains alterations from the original Booz Allen marketing video, including a 2007
copyright marker attributing the video to Velozano Studios.
104.

Veluz also maintains a personal Vimeo webpage, to which Veluz has posted

two videos derived from the govbenefits.gov project.3 The Government Logo Fun video
posted by Veluz on the Vimeo site contains a one minute and one second excerpt of Booz
Allens proprietary information. The GovBenefits People Flash Animation video posted by
Veluz on the Vimeo site contains a thirty-three second excerpt of Booz Allens proprietary
information.
105.

To post and manipulate these videos, it was necessary for Veluz to use the

underlying developer file containing Booz Allens confidential and proprietary software code
and media.
106.

On June 21, 2012, the day after Veluz submitted her resignation from Booz Allen,

and, upon information and belief, after she had agreed to begin working for Deloitte, Veluz
connected two separate external hard drives to her Booz Allen-issued Dell laptop. These two
devices contain Booz Allen Information. Veluz did not return these two devices to Booz Allen
upon her departure from Booz Allen.
107.

Further, Veluz also connected two external devices to the Booz Allen system

through her company-issued MacBook. One of the devices was last connected on June 21,
2012, after, upon information and belief, Veluz had agreed to begin working for Deloitte. Both
of these devices contain Booz Allens confidential and proprietary information. Veluz did not
return these two devices to Booz Allen upon her departure from the company.
3

The video can be found at http://vimeo.com/user1451626; last visited May 14, 2014.

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108.

Prior to returning the Booz Allen-issued MacBook to Booz Allen, Veluz removed

all user-generated documents.


Booz Allens Efforts to Recover Its Trade Secrets and
Confidential and Proprietary Information
Defendant Harr
109.

Following Harrs departure and his delayed return of his Booz Allen-issued

laptop, Booz Allen undertook an investigation to ascertain whether Harr had complied with his
obligations under the Harr Confidentiality Agreement.
110.

In September 2012, Harrs now-former attorney Nancy S. Martin (Martin)

acknowledged to Booz Allen that Harr had taken Booz Allen Information following his
resignation from Booz Allen, and further admitted that Harr provided Booz Allen Information to
Deloitte in connection with the recruitment of the Former Booz Allen Employees. Later, in
October 2012, Booz Allen obtained from Deloitte six files comprising Booz Allen Information
that Harr had provided to Deloitte in the spring of 2012. The four videos and two screenshots
related to projects on which the Defendants had worked and which the Defendants developed as
Booz Allen employees, and specifically related to the Signal Theory, Wolfhound, Phoenix, and
MedSim projects. Harr provided these files to Deloitte stripped of Booz Allen markings, logos,
branding, and metadata.
111.

On September 24, 2012, Booz Allen representatives retrieved from Harr certain

Booz Allen confidential and proprietary information that he had in his possession, but Booz
Allen remained concerned as a result of its investigation that Harr had not returned all of the
Booz Allen Information in his possession.

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112.

On November 28, 2012, Booz Allen requested, among other things, that Harr

identify any Booz Allen Information currently in his possession or on a file sharing website or
program. To date, Harr has declined to identify any additional information.
Defendant Veluz
113.

Following Veluzs departure and her return of the Booz Allen-issued Dell laptop

and MacBook computers, Booz Allen undertook an investigation to ascertain whether Veluz had
complied with her obligations under the Veluz Confidentiality Agreement.
114.

Booz Allens investigation uncovered, among other things, that Veluz, while

employed by Booz Allen, received, accessed, and downloaded Booz Allen confidential and
proprietary files through a file hosting site.
115.

Following this discovery, on August 20, 2012, Booz Allen requested that Veluz

return all Booz Allen Information in her possession.


116.

On August 23, 2012, Veluzs now-former attorney Martin responded on Veluzs

behalf, claiming that Veluz had not used and was not using Booz Allen Information. Martin did
not deny that Veluz had such information in her possession.
117.

On September 11, 2012, after still having not received any of the Booz Allen

Information in Veluzs possession, Booz Allen again requested that Veluz return all such
information and provide written assurances that she did not have any other Booz Allen
Information in her possession, custody, or control.
118.

Martin subsequently confirmed that Veluz used a thumb drive and an external

hard drive during her Booz Allen employment that contained Booz Allen Information. Martin
further represented that instead of returning this information to Booz Allen, as required by the
Veluz Confidentiality Agreement, Veluz deleted the Booz Allen files from these devices
following her resignation.
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119.

On November 28, 2012, Booz Allen requested, among other things, that Veluz

identify any Booz Allen Information currently in her possession or on a file sharing website or
program.
120.

Veluz never responded to the November 28, 2012 letter or any other requests for

the return of Booz Allen Information.


Booz Allens Other Remedial Efforts
121.

As a result of Defendants unlawful actions, Booz Allen has been forced to invest

significant time and expense rebuilding its IDIL Team and reinvesting in the Teams service
offerings. Booz Allen also has dedicated countless hours attempting to rebuild its client
relationships that suffered as a result of the defections. As a result of the departures, Booz
Allen further undertook to rebuild client deliverables and conducted time-consuming and costly
analyses of the Former Booz Allen Employees computers.
COUNT I
Tortious Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage/Contractual Relations
(Defendants Harr and Veluz)
122.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-121 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


123.

Booz Allen devoted substantial money, effort, and resources to developing its Red

Bank Lab and the Former Booz Allen Employees, resulting in Booz Allens reasonable
expectation of economic advantage/contractual relations.
124.

Harr and Veluz wrongfully and unlawfully recruited the Former Booz Allen

Employees by using confidential and proprietary Booz Allen Information, resulting in a mass
defection of Booz Allen employees to Booz Allens competitor, Deloitte. Harr and Veluzs
recruitment of the Former Booz Allen Employees was intentional and malicious, without

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justification or excuse, and was done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen and
benefiting Deloitte at the expense of Booz Allen.
125.

Booz Allen has lost much of its advantage over its competitor Deloitte, and was

forced to devote significant resources, including senior management time and effort, to rebuild
the Booz Allen IDIL Team, ascertain the extent of the damage done to Booz Allens interest,
recover Booz Allen Information. Booz Allen also suffered damages to its client relationships,
delayed delivery of projects, and expended money, time, and resources to complete projects,
thereby decreasing its anticipated profits. Harrs, Veluzs, and the Former Booz Allen
Employees departures also caused Booz Allen to bill fewer hours on existing projects, resulting
in lost revenue. Harrs and Veluzs unlawful interference also caused Booz Allen not to secure
follow-on business that it otherwise would have obtained from the customers on those existing
projects, resulting in the loss of prospective revenue.
126.

As a result of Harr and Veluzs unlawful actions, Booz Allen suffered, and

continues to suffer, injury to its business interest.


COUNT II
Breach of Confidentiality Agreements (Defendants Harr and Veluz)
127.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-126 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


128.

Harrs and Veluzs Confidentiality Agreements, executed by Harr and Veluz,

respectively, when they commenced working for Booz Allen, are valid and enforceable written
contracts supported by adequate consideration.
129.

The nondisclosure and return of property covenants contained in the Harrs and

Veluzs Confidentiality Agreements are reasonable and fair because they are necessary to
protect Booz Allen Information, client relationships, and business interests and are no broader
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than necessary to protect Booz Allens legitimate business interests. Furthermore, the
restrictions that Harr and Veluz freely accepted in executing their respective Confidentiality
Agreement were not unduly harsh or oppressive and did not limit their ability to earn a living in
any respect.
130.

Booz Allen performed its obligations under Harrs and Veluzs Confidentiality

Agreements.
131.

Harr and Veluz breached and continue to breach their contractual agreements with

Booz Allen including, but not limited to, their nondisclosure restrictions and obligations to
return all of Booz Allens trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information.
132.

Harr further breached the Harr Confidentiality Agreement by using a data deleting

program to permanently destroy Booz Allen Information on his Booz Allen-issued laptop.
133.

Veluz further breached the Veluz Confidentiality Agreement by destroying Booz

Allen Information and deleting user-generated documents on her Booz Allen-issued MacBook.
134.

As a direct and proximate result of Harrs and Veluzs breach, Booz Allen has

suffered, and will continue to suffer, significant injury and is entitled to recover from Harr and
Veluz substantial damages, well in excess of $75,000. Booz Allen is also entitled to injunctive
relief and such further relief as this Court may award.
COUNT III
Breach of Duty of Loyalty (Defendants Harr and Veluz)
135.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1- 134 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


136.

As trusted employees and agents of Booz Allen, with access to Booz Allens trade

secrets and confidential and proprietary information, both Harr and Veluz owed Booz Allen a
duty of good faith and loyalty.
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137.

While still Booz Allen employees, Harr and Veluz acted contrary to Booz Allens

interest in several ways, including by misappropriating Booz Allens trade secrets and
confidential and proprietary information, such as the confidential salary information, without
Booz Allen authorization, in connection with the recruitment of the Former Booz Allen
Employees for employment at Deloitte, Booz Allens competitor.
138.

Harr acted contrary to Booz Allens interest when he provided Deloitte with Booz

Allen Information to demonstrate the skills and abilities of the Former Booz Allen Employees.
139.

While still a Booz Allen employee, Veluz acted contrary to Booz Allens interest,

including by misappropriating Booz Allens trade secrets and confidential and proprietary
information for her personal business.
140.

In committing the actions described above, Harr and Veluz acted with malice and

reckless disregard of Booz Allens rights.


141.

As a direct and proximate result of Harr and Veluzs breach of their duties of

loyalty, Booz Allen has sustained significant injury and is entitled to recover from Harr and
Veluz substantial damages. Booz Allen is also entitled to punitive damages and such further
relief as this Court may award.
COUNT IV
Violation of the New Jersey Trade Secrets Act, N.J.S.A. 56:15-1, et seq. (Defendants Harr
and Veluz)
142.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-141 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


143.

While employees of Booz Allen, Harr and Veluz learned Booz Allens trade

secrets under circumstances giving rise to a duty of loyalty on their part to maintain the secrecy

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of such information and to limit its usage. Harr and Veluz also had express contractual
obligations with Booz Allen to maintain the secrecy of this information.
144.

The information that Harr and Veluz used, disclosed, and retained constitutes

confidential and proprietary information that are trade secrets under N.J.S.A. 56:15-1, et seq.
145.

Harr misappropriated Booz Allens trade secrets in violation of N.J.S.A. 56:15-1,

et seq. when he disclosed Booz Allen Information to Deloitte without Booz Allens consent,
knowing that he had contractual, statutory, and fiduciary duties to keep the information secret
and not use such information for his personal gain.
146.

Harr misappropriated Booz Allens trade secrets in violation of N.J.S.A. 56:15-1,

et seq. when he accessed trade secrets after his separation from Booz Allen, and transferred
them onto an external device, without Booz Allens knowledge or authorization, thus acquiring
trade secrets by improper means.
147.

Veluz misappropriated trade secrets in violation of N.J.S.A. 56:15-1, et seq. when

she acquired the developer files needed to post and manipulate govbenefits.gov videos and the
Phoenix simulation video without Booz Allens consent and in contravention of her
contractual, statutory, and fiduciary duties to keep the information secret and not use such
information for her personal gain.
148.

Veluz misappropriated Booz Allens trade secrets in violation of N.J.S.A. 56:15-

1, et seq. when she used and disclosed the govbenefits.gov and Phoenix simulation videos
without Booz Allens consent, knowing that she had contractual, statutory, and fiduciary duties
to keep the information secret and not use such information for her personal gain.
149.

As a direct and proximate result of Harr and Veluzs misappropriation, Booz

Allen has suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial irreparable injury.

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COUNT V
Violation of New Jersey Computer-Related Offenses Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:38A-1, et seq.
(Defendant Harr)
150.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-149 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


151.

Harr acted in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A-38A-3 when he accessed his Booz Allen-

issued laptop computer purposefully and knowingly after his separation from employment with
Booz Allen, without Booz Allens authorization.
152.

Harr took Booz Allen Information in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A-38A-3 when he

purposefully and knowingly copied Booz Allen confidential and proprietary information to an
external device after his separation from employment with Booz Allen, without Booz Allens
authorization.
153.

Harr acted in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A-38A-3 when he purposefully and

knowingly deleted and permanently wiped Booz Allen Information from his Booz Allen-issued
laptop, thereby destroying the Booz Allen Information, after his separation from employment
with Booz Allen, without Booz Allens authorization.
154.

Harr acted in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A-38A-3 when he, upon information and

belief, accessed Booz Allens network after the separation from his employment with Booz
Allen. As a result of Harrs unlawful acts, Booz Allens business interests have been damaged.
155.

Booz Allen is entitled to recover from Harr substantial damages, including

punitive damages and costs of investigation and litigation, as well as such further relief as this
Court may award.
COUNT VI
Violation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030 (Defendant Harr)

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156.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-155 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


157.

Harrs Booz Allen-issued laptop is a protected computer under 18 U.S.C. 1030.

158.

Harr violated 18 U.S.C. 1030 when, after his separation from employment with

Booz Allen, he knowingly and intentionally ran a data wiping program that damaged files
contained on the protected computer, without Booz Allens authorization.
159.

Harr further violated 18 U.S.C. 1030 when he knowingly and intentionally

accessed the protected computer after his separation from employment with Booz Allen without
Booz Allens authorization. As a result of his access, Harr damaged and destroyed information
stored on the protected computer causing a substantial loss.
160.

Harrs unauthorized deletion and destruction of information on the protected

computer was intentional, and Harr thereby intentionally and recklessly damaged the protected
computer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1030.
161.

As a result of Harrs unlawful acts, Booz Allen has suffered, and will continue to

suffer, substantial irreparable injury. This injury and loss has included the costs incurred in
investigating Harrs actions, conducting damage assessments, and the cost of responding to
Harrs wrongful actions. These losses exceed $5000. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1030, and as a
result of Harrs unlawful acts, Booz Allen is entitled to recover damages, injunctive relief, and
such further relief as this Court may award.
COUNT VII
Violation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030
(Defendants Demarinis and Deloitte)
162.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-161 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.

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163.

The server and computers hosting the Booz Allen website and playable

demonstration accessed by Demarinis on February 23, 2012, are protected computers under
18 U.S.C. 1030.
164.

Demarinis and Deloitte violated 18 U.S.C. 1030 when Demarinis, acting as an

agent for Deloitte, knowingly and intentionally accessed the protected computer without Booz
Allens authorization and obtained Booz Allens proprietary and confidential information.
165.

Upon information and belief, Demarinis and Deloitte used the Booz Allen

confidential and proprietary information to assess the value of bringing over the Booz Allen
IDIL Team and to better position their new immersive learning team to go after Booz Allens
immersive learning business.
166.

As a result of Demariniss and Deloittes unlawful acts, Booz Allen has suffered,

and will continue to suffer, substantial irreparable injury, including but not limited to the
unlawful disclosure of Booz Allens proprietary and confidential information to its competitor
Deloitte and the departure of the Booz Allen Former Employees. These injuries caused Booz
Allen to incur significant costs, including costs associated with: (i) investigating Demariniss
and Deloittes actions; (ii) investigating the misappropriated confidential and proprietary
information; (iii) conducting damages assessments; (iv) performing additional work to
differentiate the IDILs teams demos from the unlawfully obtained Booz Allen demos; (v)
recruiting and training replacement employees; (vi) recreating lost knowledge, intellectual
capital, and work product; (vii) contract delays; (viii) damage to client relationships and
goodwill; and (ix) lost revenues and prospective business. These losses exceed $5000.
167.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1030, and as a result of Demariniss and Deloittes

unlawful acts, Booz Allen is entitled to recover damages, including but not limited to the cost

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associated with responding to Demariniss and Deloittes wrongful actions, injunctive relief, and
such further relief as this Court may award.
COUNT VIII
Conspiracy to Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030
(Defendants Deloitte, Demarinis, and Harr)
168.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1- 167 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


169.

Deloitte, Demarinis, and Harr acted in concert, agreed, and mutually undertook to

cause Demarinis, acting as Deloittes agent, to intentionally access a Booz Allen protected
computer on February 23, 2012 without authorization and to harm Booz Allen by accessing and
obtaining proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information, including the non-public
playable demonstration of Booz Allens healthcare simulation.
170.

Demarinis and Harr agreed to access a Booz Allen protected computer without

authorization into order to obtain trade secrets and proprietary and confidential Booz Allen
information in furtherance of their efforts to recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees. The
ultimate goal of Demarinis and Harrs scheme was to destroy Booz Allens immersive learning
capability and steal Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
171.

This agreement among Demarinis and Harr constitutes an agreement to cause

Demarinis to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.


172.

Harr acted to further this unlawful objective by providing Demarinis access to a

protected Booz Allen network without authorization in order that Demarinis could obtain certain
of this proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information.

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173.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, and with the help of Harr, Demarinis accessed a

protected Booz Allen computer without authorization to obtain certain of this proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information.
174.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
175.

In particular, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and

confidential Booz Allen information to demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value to senior
Deloitte personnel, including Helfrich, Haims, and Birch and to assess the value of bringing
over the Booz Allen IDIL Team. Upon information and belief, Demarinis also understood that
the misappropriated proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information could be adapted by
Deloitte for projects for future clients.
176.

All the foregoing acts of Demarinis were undertaken in the course and scope of

his employment by Deloitte. Accordingly, these acts are imputed to Deloitte and constitute
actions by Deloitte.
177.

As a result of the unlawful acts of Deloitte, Demarinis, and Harr, Booz Allen has

suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial irreparable injury, including but not limited to
the unlawful disclosure of Booz Allens proprietary and confidential information to its
competitor Deloitte and the departure of the Booz Allen Former Employees. These injuries
caused Booz Allen to incur significant costs, including costs associated with: (i) investigating
Harrs actions; (ii) investigating Demariniss and Deloittes actions; (iii) investigating the
misappropriated confidential and proprietary information; (iv) conducting damages

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assessments; (v) performing additional work to differentiate the IDILs teams demos from the
unlawfully obtained Booz Allen demos; (vi) recruiting and training replacement employees;
(vii) recreating lost knowledge, intellectual capital, and work product; (viii) contract delays; (ix)
damage to client relationships and goodwill; and (x) lost revenues and prospective business.
These losses exceed $5000.
178.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1030, and as a result of the unlawful acts of Deloitte,

Demarinis, and Harr, Booz Allen is entitled to recover damages, injunctive relief, and such
further relief as this Court may award.
COUNT IX
Violation of New Jersey Computer-Related Offenses Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:38A-1, et seq.
(Defendants Demarinis and Deloitte)
179.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1- 178 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


180.

The server and computers hosting the Booz Allen website and demo accessed by

Demarinis on February 23, 2012 are computers, a computer system and/or a computer network
under N.J.S.A. 2A:38A-1.
181.

Demarinis and Deloitte violated N.J.S.A. 2A:38A-3 when Demarinis, acting as an

agent for Deloitte, knowingly and intentionally accessed Booz Allens computer without Booz
Allens authorization and obtained Booz Allens proprietary and confidential information.
182.

Upon information and belief, Demarinis and Deloitte used the Booz Allen

confidential and proprietary information to assess the value of bringing over the Booz Allen
IDIL Team and to better position their new immersive learning team to go after Booz Allens
immersive learning business.

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183.

As a result of Demariniss and Deloittes unlawful acts, Booz Allen has suffered,

and will continue to suffer, substantial irreparable injury, including but not limited to the
unlawful disclosure of Booz Allens proprietary and confidential information to its competitor
Deloitte and the departure of the Booz Allen Former Employees. These injuries caused Booz
Allen to incur significant costs, including costs associated with: (i) investigating Demariniss
and Deloittes actions; (ii) investigating the misappropriated confidential and proprietary
information; (iii) conducting damages assessments; (iv) performing additional work to
differentiate the IDILs teams demos from the unlawfully obtained Booz Allen demos; (v)
recruiting and training replacement employees; (vi) recreating lost knowledge, intellectual
capital, and work product; (vii) contract delays; (viii) damage to client relationships and
goodwill; and (ix) lost revenues and prospective business.
184.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:38A-1, et seq., and as a result of Demariniss and

Deloittes unlawful acts, Booz Allen is entitled to recover damages, including but not limited to
punitive damages and costs of litigation, as well as such further relief as this Court may award.
COUNT X
Tortious Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage/Contractual Relations
(Defendants Deloitte, Demarinis, Haims, Helfrich, Birch)
185.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-184 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


186.

Booz Allen devoted substantial money, effort, and resources to developing its Red

Bank Lab and the Former Booz Allen Employees, resulting in Booz Allens reasonable
expectation of economic advantage/contractual relations.
187.

The Deloitte Defendants wrongfully and unlawfully recruited the Former Booz

Allen Employees by using confidential and proprietary Booz Allen information, resulting in a

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mass defection of Booz Allen employees to Booz Allens competitor, Deloitte. The Deloitte
Defendants recruitment of the Former Booz Allen Employees was intentional and malicious,
without justification or excuse, and was done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen
and benefiting Deloitte at the expense of Booz Allen.
Demariniss Actions
188.

Demarinis was the principal architect of the Defendants improper and illegal

scheme. Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully solicited, received, and used proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information, including salaries, roles, and security clearances of the
Booz Allen IDIL Team; revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts;
and screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients.
189.

With Harrs assistance, Demarinis accessed a protected Booz Allen computer

without authorization to obtain certain of this proprietary and confidential Booz Allen
information.
190.

Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and confidential Booz

Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens immersive learning capability and to
interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its clients.
191.

In particular, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and

confidential Booz Allen information to demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value to senior
Deloitte personnel including Helfrich, Haims, and Birch and to induce the Former Booz
Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte. Demarinis targeted the entire Booz Allen IDIL
Team in order to maximize the likelihood that the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients would
follow. Demarinis also understood that the misappropriated proprietary and confidential Booz
Allen information could be adapted by Deloitte for projects for future clients.

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192.

Demarinis met with Harr and Veluz, and arranged meetings between Harr and

Helfrich and Haims, to discuss their scheme to lure away the Former Booz Allen Employees and
to assess the likelihood that Booz Allen clients would follow the Booz Allen IDIL Team.
193.

Upon information and belief, Demarinis, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and other

Deloitte executives had ongoing conversations about how best to leverage the Booz Allen IDIL
Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage by seeking business from Booz
Allens existing and prospective clients.
194.

In addition, upon information and belief, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully

used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to market the capabilities of the Booz
Allen IDIL Team and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.
195.

Demariniss actions were undertaken intentionally and maliciously, without

justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen by
damaging its client and employee relationships.
Helfrichs Actions
196.

Helfrich provided advice and counsel in carrying out Deloittes plan to unlawfully

recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees, to court the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to
solicit and use proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information.
197.

Helfrich met with Harr and Demarinis to discuss the scheme to lure away the

Former Booz Allen Employees and the Booz Allen clients that Defendants believed would
follow these employees.
198.

Upon information and belief, Helfrich participated in ongoing conversations with

Demarinis, Haims, Birch, and other Deloitte executives about how best to leverage the Booz

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Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage by seeking business from
Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
199.

Upon information and belief, Helfrich wrongfully and unlawfully solicited and

received proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information, including salaries, roles, and
security clearances of the Booz Allen IDIL Team; revenue projections and analyses of near-term
Booz Allen contracts; and screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz
Allen for its clients.
200.

Helfrich wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information to maliciously damage Booz Allens immersive learning capability and to interfere
in Booz Allens contractual relations with its clients.
201.

In particular, upon information and belief, Helfrich relied upon proprietary and

confidential Booz Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the skills
of the Booz Allen IDIL Team, to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the Booz Allen IDIL
Team to Deloitte, and to induce the Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to
Deloitte.
202.

The unlawfully obtained information relied upon by Helfrich included but is not

limited videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information about the salaries,
roles, security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz Allen IDIL Team;
screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients; and
confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts, as
reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
203.

Upon information and belief, Helfrich further knew and intended that proprietary

and confidential Booz Allen information would be wrongfully and unlawfully used to market

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the capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and
clients.
204.

Helfrichs actions were undertaken intentionally and maliciously, without

justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen by
damaging its prospective client, client and employee relationships.
Haimss Actions
205.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Haims provided advice and counsel in carrying

out Deloittes plan to unlawfully recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees, to court the Booz
Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to solicit and use proprietary and confidential Booz Allen
information.
206.

Haims met with Harr to discuss the scheme to lure away the Former Booz Allen

Employees and the Booz Allen clients that Defendants believed would follow these
Employees.
207.

Upon information and belief, Haims participated in ongoing conversations with

Demarinis, Helfrich, Birch, and other Deloitte executives about how best to leverage the Booz
Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage by seeking business from
Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
208.

Haims interviewed certain of the Former Booz Allen Employees and offered to

these Employees salaries that were calibrated based upon information wrongfully and
unlawfully provided by Harr and Veluz.
209.

Haims wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information to maliciously damage Booz Allens immersive learning capability and to interfere
in Booz Allens contractual relations with its clients.

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210.

In particular, as part of Deloittes scheme to induce the Former Booz Allen

Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte, Haims relied upon proprietary and confidential Booz
Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the skills of the IDIL Team
and to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the IDIL Team to Deloitte.
211.

The unlawfully obtained information relied upon by Haims included but is not

limited videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information about the salaries,
roles, security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz Allen IDIL Team;
screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients; and
confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts, as
reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
212.

Further, Haims knew and intended that proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information would be wrongfully and unlawfully used to market the capabilities of the Booz
Allen IDIL Team; and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.
213.

Haimss actions were undertaken intentionally and maliciously, without

justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen by
damaging its prospective client, client and employee relationships.
Birchs Actions
214.

Birch provided advice and counsel in carrying out Deloittes plan to unlawfully

recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees, to court the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to
solicit and use proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information.
215.

Upon information and belief, Birch participated in ongoing conversations with

Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and other Deloitte executives about how best to leverage the Booz

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Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage by seeking business from
Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
216.

Birch interviewed certain of the Former Booz Allen Employees and offered to

these Employees salaries that were calibrated based upon information wrongfully and
unlawfully provided by Harr and Veluz.
217.

Birch wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information to maliciously damage Booz Allens immersive learning capability and to interfere
in Booz Allens contractual relations with its clients.
218.

In particular, as part of Deloittes scheme to induce the Former Booz Allen

Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte, Birch relied upon proprietary and confidential Booz
Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the skills of the IDIL Team
and to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the IDIL Team to Deloitte.
219.

The information wrongfully relied upon by Birch included but is not limited

videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information about the salaries, roles,
security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz Allen IDIL Team;
screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients; and
confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts, as
reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
220.

Further, Birch knew and intended that proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information would be wrongfully and unlawfully used to market the capabilities of the Booz
Allen IDIL Team and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.

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221.

Birchs actions were undertaken intentionally and maliciously, without

justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of injuring Booz Allen by
damaging its client and employee relationships.
Deloittes Actions
222.

All the foregoing acts of Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and Birch were undertaken

in the course and scope of each Defendants employment by Deloitte. Accordingly, these acts
are imputed to Deloitte and constitute actions by Deloitte.
Booz Allens Injury
223.

As a result of Defendants unlawful actions, Booz Allen was forced to devote

significant resources to rebuild the Booz Allen IDIL Team, ascertain the extent of the damage
done to Booz Allens interest, recreate lost knowledge and intellectual capital, and recover Booz
Allen Information. Booz Allen billed fewer hours and lost revenue due to the need to perform
this time and labor intensive work. Booz Allen also billed fewer hours and lost revenue due to
the staffing shortages created by the Former Booz Allen Employees departures.
224.

In addition, Booz Allen lost prospective business during the weeks and months

following the departure of the Former Booz Allen Employees, because remaining members of
the Booz Allen IDIL Team were unable to compete for new work during that period. For
example, Booz Allen failed to secure additional follow-on business that it expected to receive
from existing projects with both the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the
Department of Transportation.
225.

In addition, Booz Allen suffered damages to its client relationships due to delays

caused by Defendants unlawful actions, and expended considerable resources to complete the
Former Booz Allen Employees ongoing projects. For example, a mobile learning project for

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the National Institute of Standards and Technology was delayed by over two months and
required about $25,000 in additional funds for its completion, in part to pay to recreate graphics
that Booz Allen was unable to locate after certain Former Booz Allen Employees departures.
Booz Allen renegotiated other deadlines by up to six weeks, resulting in loss of goodwill and the
loss of any past performance recommendations that Booz Allens government clients could have
provided for these efforts.
226.

Booz Allen also lost much of its competitive advantage. Because Booz Allens

valuable confidential information was in the hands of its competitor, Booz Allen was forced to
spend time and money on new projects that would differentiate its future immersive learning
products from those which were illegally provided to Deloitte by Defendants. For example,
believing that Deloitte had access to the code underlying the MedSim project, Booz Allen
changed the entire programming language of that project, an undertaking that cost Booz
approximately $15,000 in addition to the $25,000 already spent to develop the underlying code.
227.

The mass recruitment of Booz Allens employees and the use and disclosure of

Booz Allen Information are harmful to Booz Allens business and goodwill. The use and
disclosure of this Booz Allen Information also provides Defendants with an unfair competitive
advantage and diminishes the competitive advantage Booz Allen has gained through its
expenditure of substantial money, effort, and resources.
228.

As a result of Defendants unlawful actions, Booz Allen suffered, and continues

to suffer, injury to its business interest.


COUNT XI
Civil Conspiracy (All Defendants)
229.

Booz Allen incorporates and realleges paragraphs 1-228 of the Second Amended

Complaint as if fully set forth herein.


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Defendants Agreement
230.

Demarinis, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, Harr, and Veluz acted in concert, agreed, and

mutually undertook to recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees, to compete for the business of
Booz Allens clients, and to destroy Booz Allens immersive learning capability.
231.

Demarinis, Haims, Helfrich, Birch, Harr, and Veluz acted in concert, agreed, and

mutually undertook to solicit, misappropriate, use, and retain proprietary and confidential Booz
Allen information in furtherance of this wrongful scheme.
232.

This agreement among Defendants constitutes an agreement to tortiously interfere

with Booz Allens contractual relations or economic advantage with the Former Booz Allen
employees; to tortiously interfere with Booz Allens contractual relations or economic
advantage with Booz Allens clients; to tortiously interfere with Booz Allens prospective
economic advantage; to cause Harr and Veluz to breach their Confidentiality Agreements; to
cause Harr and Veluz to breach their duty of loyalty to Booz Allen; and to cause Harr and Veluz
to violate the New Jersey Trade Secrets Act.
233.

Demarinis and Harr also acted in concert, agreed, and mutually undertook to

access a protected Booz Allen computer, computer system, and/or network without
authorization.
234.

Demarinis and Harr agreed to access a Booz Allen computer, computer system,

and/or network without authorization access into order to obtain trade secrets and proprietary
and confidential Booz Allen information in furtherance of their efforts to recruit the Former
Booz Allen Employees. The ultimate goal of Demarinis and Harrs scheme was to destroy Booz
Allens immersive learning capability and steal Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.

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235.

This agreement among Demarinis and Harr constitutes an agreement to cause

Demarinis to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and to cause Demarinis to violate the
New Jersey Computer-Related Offenses Act.
Harrs Actions
236.

Harr, Demarinis, and Veluz initiated this conspiracy between December 2011 and

February 2012.
237.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr, while still an employee of Booz Allen and

with the help of Veluz, wrongfully and unlawfully misappropriated proprietary and confidential
Booz Allen information, including salaries, roles, security clearances, and expenses of the Booz
Allen IDIL Team; revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts; and
screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients.
238.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr gave Demarinis access to a protected Booz

Allen network without authorization in order that Demarinis could obtain certain of this
proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information.
239.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr wrongfully and unlawfully used the

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
240.

In particular, Harr provided proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information

to the Deloitte Defendants knowing and intending that this information would be wrongfully and
unlawfully used to demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value to senior Deloitte personnel;
to induce the Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte; to market the

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capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team; to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients;
and as a template for applications and projects for future Deloitte clients.
241.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr met with Veluz, Demarinis, Helfrich, and

Haims on several occasions to discuss the scheme to recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees
and the Booz Allen clients that Defendants believed would follow these employees.
242.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr drafted job descriptions to post on

Deloittes website based on his knowledge of the Former Booz Allen Employees experience
and qualifications.
243.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, and while still employed by Booz Allen, Harr

rallied the Former Booz Allen Employees around the idea of defecting to Deloitte, including by
disparaging Booz Allen to the Former Booz Allen Employees, and counseled the Former Booz
Allen Employees to retain proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information following their
departure.
244.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Harr accessed a protected Booz Allen computer

without authorization, downloaded information from it, and deleted Booz Allen information
present on it.
245.

Harrs actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken intentionally and

maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of injuring
Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Veluzs Actions
246.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Veluz, while still an employee of Booz Allen

and with the help of Harr, wrongfully and unlawfully misappropriated proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information, including salaries, roles, and security clearances of the

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Booz Allen IDIL Team; revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz Allen contracts;
and screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients.
247.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Veluz met with Demarinis and Harr to discuss

the scheme to recruit the Former Booz Allen Employees and the Booz Allen clients that
Defendants believed would follow these Employees.
248.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Veluz wrongfully and unlawfully used the

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
249.

In particular, Veluz provided this proprietary and confidential Booz Allen

information knowing and intending that it would be wrongfully and unlawfully used to
demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value to senior Deloitte personnel; to induce the
Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte; to market the capabilities of the
Booz Allen IDIL Team; and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.
250.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Veluz rallied the Former Booz Allen Employees

around the idea of defecting to Deloitte, including by disparaging Booz Allen to the Former
Booz Allen Employees.
251.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Veluz took steps to retain confidential and

proprietary Booz Allen information for the purpose of disclosing it to Deloitte.


252.

Veluzs actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken intentionally

and maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of
injuring Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Demariniss Actions

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253.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully solicited,

received, and used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information, including salaries,
roles, and security clearances of the Booz Allen IDIL Team; revenue projections and analyses of
near-term Booz Allen contracts; and screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed
by Booz Allen for its clients.
254.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, and with the help of Harr, Demarinis accessed a

protected Booz Allen computer without authorization to obtain certain of this proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information.
255.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
256.

In particular, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and

confidential Booz Allen information to demonstrate the Booz Allen IDIL Teams value to senior
Deloitte personnel including Helfrich, Haims, and Birch and to induce the Former Booz
Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte. Upon information and belief, Demarinis also
understood that the misappropriated proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information could
be adapted by Deloitte for projects for future clients.
257.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Demarinis met with Harr and Veluz, and

arranged meetings between Harr and Helfrich and Haims, to discuss the scheme to lure away the
Former Booz Allen Employees and the Booz Allen clients that Defendants believed would
follow these employees. Upon information and belief, Demarinis participated in ongoing
conversations with Haims, Helfrich, Birch, and other Deloitte executives about how best to

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leverage the Booz Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage by
seeking business from Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
258.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Demarinis wrongfully and unlawfully used

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to market the capabilities of the Booz Allen
IDIL Team and to pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.
259.

Demariniss actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken

intentionally and maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper
purposes of injuring Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Helfrichs Actions
260.

Helfrich agreed to this conspiracy no later than April or May 2012.

261.

Upon information and belief, in furtherance of this conspiracy, Helfrich provided

advice and counsel in carrying out Deloittes plan to unlawfully recruit the Former Booz Allen
Employees, to court the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to solicit and use proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information.
262.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Helfrich met with Harr and Demarinis to discuss

the scheme to lure away the Former Booz Allen Employees and the Booz Allen clients that
Defendants believed would follow these Employees. Upon information and belief, Helfrich
participated in ongoing conversations with Demarinis, Haims, Birch, and other Deloitte
executives about how best to leverage the Booz Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen,
to Deloittes advantage by seeking business from Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
263.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Helfrich wrongfully and unlawfully solicited

and received proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information, including screenshots and
videos of work performed by Booz Allen for its clients.

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264.

Upon information and belief, in furtherance of this conspiracy, Helfrich

wrongfully and unlawfully used proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to
maliciously damage Booz Allens immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens
contractual relations with its clients.
265.

In particular, upon information and belief, Helfrich relied upon proprietary and

confidential Booz Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the skills
of the IDIL Team, to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the IDIL Team to Deloitte, and to
induce the Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte.
266.

Upon information and belief, the information wrongfully relied upon by Helfrich

included but is not limited videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information
about the salaries, roles, security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz
Allen IDIL Team; screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen
for its clients; and confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz
Allen contracts, as reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
267.

Further, upon information and belief, Helfrich further knew and intended that, as

part of this conspiracy, proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information would be
wrongfully and unlawfully used to market the capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team and to
pursue Booz Allens existing contracts and clients.
268.

Helfrichs actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken intentionally

and maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of
injuring Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Haimss Actions
269.

Haims agreed to this conspiracy no later than April or May 2012.

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270.

Upon information and belief, in furtherance of this conspiracy, Haims provided

advice and counsel in carrying out Deloittes plan to unlawfully recruit the Former Booz Allen
Employees, to court the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to solicit and use proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information.
271.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Haims met with Harr to discuss the scheme to

lure away the Former Booz Allen Employees and the Booz Allen clients that Defendants
believed would follow these Employees. Upon information and belief, Haims participated in
ongoing conversations with Demarinis, Helfrich, Birch, and other Deloitte executives about how
best to leverage the Booz Allen IDIL Team, and the harm to Booz Allen, to Deloittes advantage
when seeking business from Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.
272.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Haims interviewed certain of the Former Booz

Allen Employees and offered to these Employees salaries that were calibrated based upon
information wrongfully and unlawfully provided by Harr and Veluz.
273.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Haims wrongfully and unlawfully used

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
274.

In particular, upon information and belief, as part of Deloittes scheme to induce

the Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte, Haims relied upon proprietary
and confidential Booz Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the
skills of the IDIL Team and to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the IDIL Team to
Deloitte.

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275.

Upon information and belief, the information wrongfully relied upon by Helfrich

included but is not limited videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information
about the salaries, roles, security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz
Allen IDIL Team; screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen
for its clients; and confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz
Allen contracts, as reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
276.

Further, upon information and belief, Haims knew and intended that, as part of

this conspiracy, proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information would be wrongfully and
unlawfully used; to market the capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team and to pursue Booz
Allens existing contracts and clients.
277.

Haimss actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken intentionally

and maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of
injuring Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Birchs Actions
278.

Birch agreed to this conspiracy no later than April or May 2012.

279.

Upon information and belief, in furtherance of this conspiracy, Birch provided

advice and counsel in carrying out Deloittes plan to unlawfully recruit the Former Booz Allen
Employees, to court the Booz Allen IDIL Teams clients, and to solicit and use proprietary and
confidential Booz Allen information.
280.

Upon information and belief, Birch participated in ongoing conversations with

Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and other Deloitte executives about how best to leverage the Booz
Allen IDIL Team and the harm to Booz Allen to Deloittes advantage when seeking business
from Booz Allens existing and prospective clients.

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281.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Birch interviewed certain of the Former Booz

Allen Employees and offered to these Employees salaries that were calibrated based upon
information wrongfully and unlawfully provided by Harr and Veluz.
282.

In furtherance of this conspiracy, Birch wrongfully and unlawfully used

proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information to maliciously damage Booz Allens
immersive learning capability and to interfere in Booz Allens contractual relations with its
clients.
283.

In particular, upon information and belief, as part of Deloittes scheme to induce

the Former Booz Allen Employees to defect en masse to Deloitte, Birch relied upon proprietary
and confidential Booz Allen information, which he knew was misappropriated, to evaluate the
skills of the IDIL Team and to assess the costs and benefits of bringing the IDIL Team to
Deloitte.
284.

Upon information and belief, the information wrongfully relied upon by Helfrich

included but is not limited videos and screenshots provided by Harr and Veluz; information
about the salaries, roles, security clearances, training, and expenses associated with the Booz
Allen IDIL Team; screenshots, demonstrations, and videos of work performed by Booz Allen
for its clients; and confidential Booz Allen revenue projections and analyses of near-term Booz
Allen contracts, as reproduced in the Transition Plan and the Integration Plan.
285.

Further, upon information and belief, Birch knew and intended that, at part of this

conspiracy, proprietary and confidential Booz Allen information would be wrongfully and
unlawfully used to market the capabilities of the Booz Allen IDIL Team and to pursue Booz
Allens existing contracts and clients.

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286.

Birchs actions in furtherance of this conspiracy were undertaken intentionally

and maliciously, without justification or excuse, and were done for the improper purposes of
injuring Booz Allen by damaging its client and employee relationships.
Deloittes Actions
287.

All the foregoing acts of Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and Birch were undertaken

in the course and scope of Demarinis, Helfrich, Haims, and Birchs employment by Deloitte.
Accordingly, these acts are imputed to Deloitte and constitute actions by Deloitte.
Booz Allens Injury
288.

As a result of Defendants unlawful actions, Booz Allen was forced to devote

significant resources to rebuild the Booz Allen IDIL Team, ascertain the extent of the damage
done to Booz Allens interest, recreate lost knowledge and intellectual capital, and recover Booz
Allen Information. Booz Allen billed fewer hours and lost revenue due to the need to perform
this time and labor intensive work. Booz Allen also billed fewer hours and lost revenue due to
the staffing shortages created by the Former Booz Allen Employees departures.
289.

In addition, Booz Allen lost prospective business during the weeks and months

following the departure of the Former Booz Allen Employees, because remaining members of
the Booz Allen IDIL Team were unable to compete for new work during that period. For
example, Booz Allen failed to secure additional follow-on business that it expected to receive
from existing projects with both the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the
Department of Transportation.
290.

In addition, Booz Allen suffered damages to its client relationships due to delays

caused by Defendants unlawful actions, and expended considerable resources to complete the
Former Booz Allen Employees ongoing projects. For example, a mobile learning project for

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the National Institute of Standards and Technology was delayed by over two months and
required about $25,000 in additional funds for its completion, in part to pay to recreate graphics
that Booz Allen was unable to locate after certain Former Booz Allen Employees departures.
Booz Allen renegotiated other deadlines by up to six weeks, resulting in loss of goodwill and the
loss of any past performance recommendations that Booz Allens government clients could have
provided for these efforts.
291.

Booz Allen also lost much of its competitive advantage. Because Booz Allens

valuable confidential information was in the hands of its competitor, Booz Allen was forced to
spend time and money on new projects that would differentiate its future immersive learning
products from those which were illegally provided to Deloitte by Defendants. For example,
believing that Deloitte had access to the code underlying the MedSim project, Booz Allen
changed the entire programming language of that project, an undertaking that cost Booz
approximately $15,000 in addition to the $25,000 already spent to develop the underlying code.
292.

The mass recruitment of Booz Allens employees and the use and disclosure of

Booz Allen Information are harmful to Booz Allens business and goodwill. The use and
disclosure of this Booz Allen Information also provides Defendants with an unfair competitive
advantage and diminishes the competitive advantage Booz Allen has gained through its
expenditure of substantial money, effort, and resources.
293.

As a result of Defendants unlawful actions, Booz Allen suffered, and continues

to suffer, injury to its business interest.


DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
294.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38(b), Booz Allen demands a trial by

jury of all claims asserted in this Second Amended Complaint that are triable by a jury.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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WHEREFORE, Booz Allen asks this Court to award the following relief:
1.

Compensatory and other damages in an amount to be proved at trial, including but

not limited Booz Allens lost revenues; lost business opportunities; delayed work; reputational
harm; and costs to recreate lost knowledge, to investigate misappropriated intellectual capital,
and to recruit and train replacement employees.
2.

Permanent injunctive relief ordering Harr and Veluz to:


(i)

Specifically perform according to the requirements of Harr Confidentiality


Agreement and Veluz Confidentiality Agreement, respectively;

(ii)

Return to Booz Allen, and retain no copies of, any and all of Booz Allen
Information in Defendants possession, custody, or control;

(iii)

Provide a detailed written explanation of each and every incident of use


and/or disclosure of Booz Allen Information; and

(iv)

Provide written assurances that:


(a)

Defendants no longer have any Booz Allen Information in their


possession, custody, or control; and

(b)

Defendants have not used or disclosed any other Booz Allen


Information, in whole or in part, except as described above.

3.

Permanent injunctive relief ordering the Deloitte Defendants to (i) return all Booz

Allen Information that is in the Deloitte Defendants possession, custody or control, and retain
no copies thereof, and (ii) prohibit the Deloitte Defendants from using and disclosing such
information;
4.

Disgorgement of any profits;

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5.

Recovery of the Former Booz Allen Defendants compensation that Booz Allen

paid to them;
6.

Punitive damages;

7.

Investigative costs;

8.

Costs and reasonable attorneys fees; and

9.

Such other and further relief that the Court may deem appropriate, or as to which

Booz Allen may show it is entitled at trial.


Dated: May 11, 2015
/s/ David A. Ward
David A. Ward
William H. Healey
Kluger Healey, LLC
219 Broad Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
T: (732) 852-7500
Carl Nichols (pro hac vice)
Blake Roberts (pro hac vice)
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 663-6000
Facsimile: (202) 663-6363
Email: Carl.Nichols@wilmerhale.com;
Blake.Roberts@wilmerhale.com
Joanne E. Waters (pro hac vice)
Verma & Waters, LLP
2020 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, No. 277
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 888-7877
Facsimile: (202) 888-7830
Email: Jwaters@vermawaters.com

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