Silicon Valley Engineer Indicted for Stealing Trade Secrets and Computer Fraud

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The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California announced that Suibin Zhang, 37, of San Jose, California, was charged late yesterday by a federal grand jury in San Jose in a nine-count indictment alleging computer fraud; theft and unauthorized downloading of trade secrets; and the unauthorized copying, transmission and possession of trade secrets.

In particular, the indictment charges three counts of computer fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(4); three counts of theft, misappropriation and unauthorized downloading of trade secrets in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1832(a)(1), (2) and (4); two counts of unauthorized copying and transmission of trade secrets in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1832(a)(2) and (4); and one count unauthorized possession of stolen trade secrets in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1832(a)(3) and (4).

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