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Ex Ford Engineer Arrested for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets

Xiang Dong Yu, also known as Mike Yu, was arrested last week as he entered the country at Chicago O Hare International Airport. Yu worked as a Ford engineer from 1997 to 2007. Yu allegedly downloaded more than 4,000 documents from Ford computers while still employed by Ford. Yu faces a maximum of five years and $250,000 in fines on the charge of accessing a protected computer. Yu presently works for a Ford competitor in Beijing. Each of the theft-related charges carries a maximum 10 years in prison.

Source: https://threatpost.com/ex-ford-engineer-arrested-alleged-theft-trade-secrets-102009/72437/

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