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Intellectual Property,
Criminal

Jul. 11, 2018

DOJ charges former Apple employee with trade secret theft

Federal prosecutors charged former Apple Inc. employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of autonomous car trade secrets, arresting him in San Jose this weekend as he attempted to board a last-second flight to China 10 days after being questioned by law enforcement.

Federal prosecutors charged former Apple Inc. employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of autonomous car trade secrets, arresting him in San Jose this weekend as he attempted to board a last-second flight to China 10 days after being questioned by law enforcement.

Eric M. Proudfoot, a special agent with the FBI, wrote in the complaint that Zhang was working on a driverless car program considered so top secret Apple never previously acknow...

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