A former Apple manager says he is not guilty of charges that he helped engineer a multimillion dollar kickback scheme involving suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories.

Paul Shin Devine entered his plea in a San Jose federal court Monday after a grand jury indicted the 37-year-old Sunnyvale man last week on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy.

Authorities say Devine accepted more than one million dollars in exchange for giving confidential information to Apple suppliers in Asia.

Those suppliers allegedly used the information to negotiate favorable contracts with Cupertino-based Apple.

Authorities have not commented on the whereabouts of a Singapore resident named as a supplier in Devine's alleged scam.

A bail hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.