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tawadi

(2,110 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:38 PM Feb 2012

Ex-Motorola engineer guilty of stealing trade secrets

Ex-Motorola engineer guilty of stealing trade secrets

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO | Wed Feb 8, 2012 6:05pm EST

(Reuters) - A former engineer at Motorola Inc who was stopped at O'Hare International Airport carrying more than 1,000 of the company's proprietary documents was found guilty of stealing trade secrets on Wednesday but cleared of engaging in economic espionage for China.

The defendant, Hanjuan Jin, was charged with illegally downloading Motorola's business secrets onto her computer and other forms of digital storage before she attempted to board a flight to Beijing on a one-way ticket on February 28, 2007.

Prosecutors alleged Jin, a Chinese-born American, intended to share the information with Sun Kaisens, a Chinese telecommunications company and supplier to the Chinese military that she worked for on the side.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/us-crime-motorola-idUSTRE8172AM20120208

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Ex-Motorola engineer guilty of stealing trade secrets (Original Post) tawadi Feb 2012 OP
Corporate espionage is far too common DUIC Feb 2012 #1
"She was caught by federal agents during a random security search at the airport." tawadi Feb 2012 #2
How implausible DUIC Feb 2012 #3
 

DUIC

(167 posts)
1. Corporate espionage is far too common
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 12:04 PM
Feb 2012

An American company that is on the ropes like Motorola losing its trade secrets to a foreign company would be devastating. Good job to the investigators that caught Hanjuan Jin.

tawadi

(2,110 posts)
2. "She was caught by federal agents during a random security search at the airport."
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 07:45 PM
Feb 2012

Sounds like a lot of luck was involved.

 

DUIC

(167 posts)
3. How implausible
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 09:41 AM
Feb 2012

I'll believe the OP, but how would TSA agents even know what they were looking at and make the connection to corporate espionage? It seems there is a vital element of the story that is missing.

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