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Anonymous ID: 04bcf4 April 26, 2021, 2:43 p.m. No.13519065   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9130 >>9289 >>9339 >>9409 >>9626

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtn/pr/phd-chemist-convicted-conspiracy-commit-economic-espionage-theft-trade-secrets-and-wire

 

Ph.D. Chemist Convicted Of Conspiracy To Commit Economic Espionage, Theft Of Trade Secrets, And Wire Fraud

 

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. Following a twelve-day trial, Dr. Xiaorong You, a/k/a Shannon You, 59, of Lansing, Michigan, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to steal trade secrets, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic espionage, and wire fraud. Dr. You was originally indicted in February 2019 for trade secret offenses and wire fraud, and a superseding indictment adding economic espionage and conspiracy to commit economic espionage issued in August 2020. Sentencing has been set for November 1, 2021 at 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.

 

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dr. You stole valuable trade secrets related to formulations for bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) coatings for the inside of beverage cans. Evidence introduced at trial proved that Dr. You stole these trade secrets for the purpose of establishing a global can-coating manufacturer in China with a Chinese chemical company called the Weihai Jinhong Group. Dr. You’s plan was designed to benefit the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese government, the government of the Shandong Province, and the government of the City of Weihai – a city of 2.5 million people on the Northeast Coast of China – by advancing the Made in China 2025 Initiative and the 13th Five-Year Plan.