1 coder, several scams; Who is Soham Parekh who cheated 5 American companies

One of the most sensational tech stories of 2025 is an Indian Kodar Soham Parekh. A name that surprised America's Y Combinator-backd startup companies. It is alleged that Soham continued to work in full-time in three to five companies, without anyone. Not only this, they also earn 2.5 lakh rupees daily from these companies. Let's know who is Soham Parekh?

Where did the matter start?

On July 2, Playground AI co-founder Suhail Doshi posted a post on X (East Twitter) in which he claimed that Soham Parekh was working in many startups at the same time. After this post, many other founders also revealed that they too had become victims or were about to be made.

Considement themselves

In an interview to The Verge, Soham admitted that he was in several jobs simultaneously. He described it as "financial compulsion" and said, I needed money… I know it was not the right way. According to Soham, as he got offers, he started saying yes. Gradually the situation got out of his control.

Mouse jiggler and multi screen setup

In an interview to TBPN, Soham said that he used a tool called Mouse Jiggler, which made his system look active. Apart from this, he had maintained a multi-monitor setup so that he could manage 4-5 jobs together. According to reports, Soham used to earn around $ 2,500 (about 2 lakh rupees) every day, ie about 6.85 crores in a year.

Cheating in false papers and interviews?

Many startup founders allege that Soham gave fake resumes and wrong visa information during the interview. During the work, people came into suspicion with his dual meetings, missing calls and communication gaps and later the truth came out.

Bunty opinion on the internet

On this entire controversy, the Internet is divided into two parts. Some people are calling it fraud and immoral work, while some consider it to be the result of work culture flaws and system explosions.

According to reports, Soham is now planning to start a new SAAS project and has also sent invites to some developers. But on social media, he is being trolled as a serial scammer.

Who is Soham Parekh?

Soham Parekh is an Indian technical engineer who is very young. After the matter was high light on social media, he accepted his moonlighting work, although he also explained the reason behind it.