The Indian co-founder of e-billing company Scan Logic has launched legal action against his former business, alleging he was pushed out of the company during a period of illness.
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Posting on LinkedIn, Sumeet Saini claimed Scan Logic’s current CEO Rick Hellers, among others, had forced him out of ownership while he was recovering from leukaemia. He was diagnosed with the illness in January 2024.
“According to my understanding of what happened, during my recovery certain people within my trusted team, together with Rick Hellers, worked toward an arrangement that ultimately pushed me out of the company,” Saini wrote.
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“In my understanding, decisions were made during that period that ultimately reduced my ownership, removed me from the company I helped build, and shifted control of employees, assets, data, and operations away from me. This happened while I was still recovering physically and later grieving the sudden loss of my father.”
Saini said in his post he had co-founded Scan Logic with Scott McCarthy and had built the Indian side of the business “from the ground up”.
He was listed on the company’s website as a co-founder as recently as April 22 2026, the most recent date Scan Logic was captured by the Internet Archive, but is no longer named among the company’s personnel.
Saini told Legal IT Insider he was “cut off” from the company in May 2026.
Hellers joined Scan Logic in October 2023 as a consultant, before becoming CEO in September 2024. He and chief innovation officer McCarthy are now listed as the sole co-founders.
Saini’s post said: “I am not asking anyone to blindly take my side. The dispute is now being addressed through the appropriate legal process.”
In a statement, Scan Logic said: “Scan Logic unequivocally rejects Mr. Saini’s allegations. His post, made after Scan Logic, Inc terminated its relationship with him and his affiliated companies, presents a one-sided and misleading account of both his role at Scan Logic and the circumstances that led to that decision. Given the ongoing legal proceedings in India, we will not engage in a public back-and-forth.
“There is, however, one point we feel we must address: we are deeply hurt by Sumeet’s suggestion that we did not support him during his illness, which started in January 2024. We did support him, and we sincerely hope he is well and remains in good health.”