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    Nik Storonsky, Founder & CEO, Revolut, on Centre Stage during day two of Web Summit Rio 2023
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    Rippling wants Revolut to reveal who paid off Deel’s alleged ‘spy’

    Charles Rollet 2:57 PM PDT · April 16, 2025

    Another highly valued startup has just been added to the mix in the ongoing legal drama between Rippling and Deel: U.K. fintech giant Revolut.

    In his blockbuster affidavit that reads like it’s straight out of a movie, Irish Rippling employee Keith O’Brien claimed that Deel paid him about $6,000 a month to spy on Rippling. He alleged the first $6,000 payment was sent to his Revolut account by Alba Basha Westgarth, the wife of Deel’s COO Dan Westgarth, back in November 2024.

    At the time, Alba Basha Westgarth was working as the crypto compliance lead at Robinhood, according to a LinkedIn profile reviewed by TechCrunch that has since been deleted. Robinhood told TechCrunch that she left Robinhood earlier this year, but did not explain why.

    The deleted LinkedIn profile listed her location as Dubai — that’s the same place where Deel’s CEO and legal director are now located as Rippling tries to serve them papers. The UAE has a reputation as an extradition haven.

    Rippling is now suing Revolut to get the full name and address of the “Alba Basha” listed as the sender on that $6,000 receipt, court records show. Rippling is also seeking all account opening documentation — things like IDs and utility bills — to definitively confirm her identity.

    In response, Revolut has hired a top lawyer in Ireland. It also sent a letter responding to Rippling last week, which a lawyer for Rippling described as “helpful but complicated” in a court hearing (without elaborating.)

    To be clear, there’s no indication or accusation that Revolut has done anything wrong here. The E.U. has strict privacy laws, so supplying that kind of information isn’t simple, especially in a civil case like this one. A key sticking point is that there hasn’t been an order from the Irish court itself on Revolut to provide the information. 

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    Revolut declined to comment specifically on the case but told TechCrunch that, in general, it will “always comply with any court order request for disclosure.”

    Whether Revolut ends up providing more details about the “Alba Basha” behind the transfer remains to be seen. The only other option under European privacy laws would be customer consent, which seems unlikely in this case.

    Deel, which has denied all wrongdoing to the media, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Deel COO Dan Westgarth and Alba Basha Westgarth didn’t respond either. Rippling declined to comment.

    Although the evidence isn’t yet definitive, the Irish High Court gave a clue that it may honor Rippling’s wishes to verify Alba Basha’s identity in some way or form.

    After a lawyer for Rippling rattled off evidence connecting Alba Basha to Dan Westgarth, including a Facebook photo of the two together, during an April 2 court hearing, Judge Mark Sanfey remarked that “it could be a coincidence, but it’s unlikely!”

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