However, in a conflicting statement from studio ZA/UM to GamesIndustry, the company claims that former employees were fired due to misconduct (though it declined to identify the employees by name). They state that one of the majority shareholders involved, Tõnis Haavel, had previously been convicted of defrauding investors back in 2007. They claim that Tütreke OÜ fraudulently gained money from the company itself in order to purchase the majority stake, and that if proven, could lead to prosecution and imprisonment of up to three years. They also allege that their troubles began when a new majority shareholder by the name of Tütreke OÜ gained control over studio ZA/UM. Thet state that their firing "came weeks after started asking for documents and financial data". In an online message posted by Kurvitz and Rostov, the pair allege that they - along with Hindpere - were "excluded from daily operations" before being dismissed and blocked from accessing company information. In a significant escalation of the legal battle between Disco Elysium's ousted creators and the development studio ZA/UM, both parties have presented conflicting statements regarding the dismissal of Robert Kurvitz, Aleksander Rostov, and Helen Hindpere.
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