India, July 3 -- Soham Parekh, an Indian techie, has become an overnight legend in Silicon Valley after it emerged that he had been employed at multiple American startups simultaneously. The allegations against Parekh first surfaced online yesterday, when Mixpanel founder Suhail Doshi took to X to warn fellow entrepreneurs against hiring him.

San Francisco-based Doshi revealed that during the time Parekh was employed with one of his companies, he was moonlighting with three to four other startups. Since then, at least five other US startups have come forward to accuse Parekh of 'scamming' them. The actual number could be potentially much higher.

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