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Criminal

Jul. 12, 2014

Orinda man gets 15-year prison sentence in economic espionage case

Sending a "loud message" to criminals who conspire with foreigners against the United States, a federal judge sentenced an Orinda man to 15 years in prison and ordered him and his former company to forfeit $28 million to the government.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - Sending a "loud message" to criminals who conspire with foreigners against the United States, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced an Orinda man to 15 years in prison and ordered him and his former company to forfeit $28 million to the government.


U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered Walter Liew's former company, U.S.A. Performance Technology Inc., to pay an additi...

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