San joses avago target of trade secret theft, feds say. According to the 32count indictment, pang and zhang met during their doctoral studies in electrical engineering at usc. Aflerobtaining his phd in ee from usc in 2006, he worked for skyworks in 6 massachusetts until may 2009. Washington, may 19 upi six chinese nationals, including three college professors, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to steal technology from the united states to benefit the chinese government, the u. Charges 6 chinese with insider theft bankinfosecurity. San francisco ap three chinese nationals who earned advanced degrees from the university of southern california and three others have been charged with stealing wireless technology from a. San francisco three chinese nationals who earned advanced degrees from the university of southern california and three others have been charged with stealing wireless technology from a. Federal prosecutors charged three chinese university professors and three others with economic spying and trade secrets theft to benefit the peoples republic of china in a 32count indictment tuesday. Zhang allegedly worked for skyworks in massachusetts until may 2009, when he became a full.
Doj charges 6 chinese nationals of stealing sensitive us technology. The 32count indictment for conspiracy, economic espionage, theft of trade secrets and aiding and abetting was filed april 1 and unsealed on tuesday. The other five individuals are believed to be in china, reuters reported. Hao zhang came lo the united states from the prc as a graduate student at usc on 5 may 19, 2003. The indictment, unsealed today, named tianjin university professor hao zhang and wei pang on charges they stole secrets related to radio frequency filter technology primarily used in. Chinese nationals charged with stealing us trade secrets.
Hao zhang came to the united states from the prc as a graduate student at usc on may 19,2003. Feds also charged wei pang, zhang s former engineering classmate at an. Fellow professor wei pang, 35, and four other alleged coconspirators are believed to be in china. Zhang is charged with conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. Us charges 6 chinese with economic espionage voice of. Judge allows chinese professor zhang to subpoena records.
According to the indictment, prc nationals wei pang and hao zhang met at a u. Federal prosecutors say hao zhang, wei pang and huisui zhang met at the university and conspired to steal technology from skyworks solutions inc. After obtaining his phd in ee from usc in 2006, he worked for skyworksin massachusetts until may 2009. Department of justice released what was formerly a sealed indictment from the northern district of california accusing six individuals connected to china of crimes relating to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. Chinese professors among six defendants charged with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for benefit of peoples republic of china. Department of justice has charged six chinese nationals with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for allegedly accessing. Huisui zhang came to the united states from the prc after receiving his bachelor of. The 32count indictment alleges wei pang, 35, and hao zhang, 36, both professors at tianjin university, worked with the four other defendants to develop a business plan in 2006 and 2007 to start. Wei pang, 35, a citizen of the prc, is a former avago employee and a full professor at tianjin university. According to the indictment, in 2006 and 2007, pang prepared a business plan with tianjin university professor hao zhang a 36yearold former fbar engineer with skyworks solutions inc.
According to the indictment, pang and zhang met while studying electrical engineering at. The times has much more on the indictment, which states hao and wei. A federal grand jury has indicted six chinese citizens in what authorities say was a long. The ap reports by way of prosecutors that that hao met wei pang, 35, and huisui zhang. According to the justice department, tianjan university professors wei pang and hao zhang met while doing their doctorate work at a southern california university.
Chinese professors charged with stealing trade secrets. Six chinese nationals charged in us over alleged economic espionage plot. Former usc students from china charged with economic. Zhang was arrested upon entry into the united states on may 16, 2015. Zhang never worked for avago, according to the federal indictment. Pang was a usc classmate ofhao zhang and huisui zhang. Unsealed indictment charges economic espionage and theft. Us charges 6 chinese with economic espionage youtube. Hao and wei pang, 35, established a business plan and solicited chinese universities. San francisco three chinese nationals who earned advanced degrees from the university of southern california and three others have been charged with. Chinese professors charged with economic espionage.
Us charges china academics in trade theft scheme 2015, may 19. Chinese professors among six defendants charged with. Both wei pang and hao zhang received degrees from the university. Former usc students from china charged with economic espionage. Doj charges 6 chinese nationals of stealing sensitive us. Pang is charged with conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. According to the indictment, chinese nationals wei pang and hao zhang met at a u. Mr zhang and fellow professor wei pang are accused of stealing information about a. Six chinese nationals charged in us over alleged economic. Chinese professors accused of stealing trade secrets from. Authorities nabbed hao zhang on may 16 after his flight. Those indicted along with pang and zhang were identified as jinping chen, huisui zhang, chong zhou. This archived news story is available only for your personal, noncommercial use. Chinese professors charged with economic espionage al.
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