Recruitment Scam in TCS, 16 Employees & 6 Vendors Fired

New Delhi: IT services company TCS has fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a “recruitment scam”.

“Our investigation found 19 employees to be involved…16 employees have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations, and three employees have been removed from the resource management function,” the company said in a late Sunday evening statement.

Six vendors, their owners and affiliates have been “debarred” from doing any business with TCS.

Hints of this recruitment scam surfaced in June when it was found that some vendors tasked with some functions were alleged to have indulged in malpractices in collusion with TCS staffers.