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Byju Raveendran accused of witness tampering
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Raveendran allegedly sent a plane ticket to Dubai to a Nebraska businessman to avoid testifying
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The case centers on Raveendran’s efforts to regain control of Byju’s international operations
Byju Raveendran, the founder of Byju’s, has been accused of attempting to persuade a Nebraska businessman, William R Hailer, to leave the US and avoid testifying in federal court. According to a Bloomberg report, Raveendran sent Hailer a plane ticket to Dubai just two days before he was scheduled to testify about Raveendran’s efforts to regain control of parts of Byju’s education empire ¹.
Hailer claimed that Raveendran also offered him a job with a $500,000 salary if he immediately traveled to Dubai and began working. During a hearing in Wilmington, Delaware, Hailer told US Bankruptcy Judge John T Dorsey that Raveendran “encouraged me not to testify” and “said the salary would start on day one” ¹.
The case centers on Raveendran’s efforts to regain control of Byju’s international operations, including Epic!, a US-based educational software company. The company is currently under the oversight of a court-appointed trustee. Judge Dorsey suggested that Hailer’s allegations might warrant a referral to federal prosecutors for potential investigation of criminal activity ¹
