![]() ![]() "This case is just the latest example of the Chinese government's continued attacks on American economic security – and, by extension, our national security," said FBI Director Christopher Wray. They agreed to meet in Belgium, where Xu was arrested by authorities and extradited to the U.S. Xu proposed meeting in Europe to receive more proprietary information from the employee. Xu later requested specific technical information from the employee, who was cooperating with the company and the FBI. Prosecutors say Xu lured a GE Aviation employee to China to present a report to a university. The Justice Department says Xu is a 42-year-old Chinese national and an officer in China's Ministry of State Security.Īccording to evidence presented at his trial, Xu tried to steal composite aircraft engine fan technology from Cincinnati-based GE Aviation. National Security People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. and abroad," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "As proven at trial, the defendant, a Chinese government intelligence officer, used a range of techniques to attempt to steal technology and proprietary information from companies based in both the U.S. officials say the case is an example of China's relentless intelligence operations against American companies to steal top-flight technology. Yanjun Xu was convicted by a federal jury in Cincinnati last November of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, attempted economic espionage and attempted trade secret theft. has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to steal high-tech aviation trade secrets from an American company. The first Chinese intelligence officer to be extradited to the U.S. He attempted to steal trade secrets from an American company. Xu was arrested in December 2015 after meeting with an undercover agent at a White Plains hotel.The Justice Department announced a court in Ohio has sentenced a convicted Chinese spy to 20 years in prison. IBM employees later confirmed to the FBI that the software had been built by someone with access to the company’s proprietary source code. Undercover FBI agents posing as an investor and project manager for a large data storage company approached Xu, who tried to sell them the software and admitted that he’d built it with stolen source code, according to prosecutors. The software is described as a cluster file system sold to governments and large companies and used to enhance computer performance. Xu appeared on the FBI's radar screen in 2014 after the bureau received a tip that Xu, who had by then left the company, claimed to have the source code to one of company's most closely guarded software packages and was using it in “business ventures” unrelated to its clients. ![]() IBM didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. But a LinkedIn profile of Xu identifies him as a system developer for IBM in China from 2010 to 2014 with a master's degree from the University of Delaware.Ī Justice Department spokesman declined to say whether the company in question was IBM. IBM was not identified in court documents. Berman for the Southern District of New York said, “Xu's prison sentence should be a red flag for anyone attempting to illegally peddle American expertise and intellectual property to foreign bidders.” Xu, a Chinese national, “is being held accountable for engaging in economic espionage against an American company,” Boente said in a statement. Boente of the Justice Department's national security division said the agency “will not hesitate to pursue and prosecute those who steal from American businesses.” ![]() ![]() Prosecutors said Xu stole the source code for computer performance-enhancing software while working for IBM from 20, with the intent to benefit China's National Health and Family Planning Commission.Īcting Assistant Attorney General Dana J. Xu Jiaqiang, 31, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in White Plains, New York, months after he pleaded guilty to three counts of economic espionage and three counts of theft, possession and distribution of trade secrets. A former software engineer for IBM in China has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the source code for highly valuable software developed by the tech company, the U.S. ![]()
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