Overview

• Gupta pleaded guilty to stealing about 4,000 internal Intel files—ranging from pricing strategies to competitor analyses—and uploading them to a Microsoft laptop
• U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio imposed eight months’ probation and a $34,472 fine set to mirror the cost of the prison term prosecutors had requested
• Assistant U.S. Attorney William Narus had urged an eight-month prison sentence, arguing the theft was deliberate and habitual
• Defense counsel pointed to Gupta’s prior $40,000 civil settlement with Intel, the absence of personal enrichment and significant career fallout
• Gupta has relocated to France with his family, is studying vineyard management and plans to pursue work in the winemaking industry