Chinese citizen charged with trade secrets theft in Oklahoma
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December 21, 2018
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Chinese national employed by an Oklahoma petroleum company has been charged with stealing trade secrets.
Federal prosecutors in Tulsa said Friday that 35-year-old Hongjin Tan is accused of stealing trade secrets from his unnamed U.S.-based employer that operates a research facility in the Tulsa area.
An affidavit filed by the FBI alleges that Tan stole trade secrets about an unidentified product worth more than $1 billion to his employer to benefit a Chinese company where Tan had been offered work.
Authorities say Tan allegedly downloaded hundreds of computer files regard...
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