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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Andy Rubin has been accused by his estranged wife of setting up a separate account to conceal income from Google before he left the company in 2014.

Kim Kulish/Corbis Andy Rubin, a former Google executive and the inventor of the Android operating system, left the search giant after having an "inappropriate relationship" with a subordinate and then concealed secret payments related to his departure from his wife for several years, according to a court filing made public Tuesday.

The civil complaint, filed in San Mateo Superior Court by Rubin's estranged wife, Rie Hirabaru Rubin, alleges Rubin and a former attorney conspired to convince her to sign a premarital agreement a few days before they were married, defrauding her of money that should have been due her as part of community property.

The New York Times reported in October that Google paid Rubin $90 million after company co-founder Larry Page asked for his resignation