January 07, 2016
A state-owned Chinese steel company faces renewed claims brought by the federal government that it engaged in economic spying and stole manufacturing trade secrets from DuPont Co. through a California businessman and a former DuPont engineer who have both since been jailed for their crimes.
September 29, 2015
The wife of a California businessman convicted of stealing manufacturing secrets from DuPont Co. and selling the information to Chinese-owned companies was sentenced on Tuesday in California federal court to three years' probation and approximately $6 million in restitution to the IRS for her part in the conspiracy.
May 06, 2015
The wife of a California businessman convicted of stealing manufacturing secrets from DuPont Co. and selling the information to Chinese-owned companies has pled guilty to conspiracy to tamper with evidence, according to documents filed in California federal court Wednesday.
August 26, 2014
A California federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former DuPont Co. engineer to two and a half years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $750,000 in restitution and forfeitures for conspiring to sell trade secrets on the manufacture of titanium dioxide to Chinese government-owned companies.
August 20, 2014
Prosecutors urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to sentence a former DuPont Co. engineer to three years in prison for conspiring to steal proprietary information and sell it to Chinese government-owned companies, days after the engineer himself asked for just home confinement.
August 19, 2014
A former DuPont Co. engineer convicted of taking part in a conspiracy to steal the company's proprietary information and sell it to Chinese government-owned companies urged a California federal judge to sentence him to just home confinement — far less than the 15 years his partner in crime got last month.
July 10, 2014
The first person convicted of economic espionage by a U.S. jury was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for stealing manufacturing secrets from DuPont Co. and selling the information to Chinese-owned companies, according to reports.
June 27, 2014
California businessman Walter Liew fired back at the government's recommendation that he receive a stiff, 17-year sentence for allegedly trying to sell DuPont Co. trade secrets, saying in California federal court Thursday that prosecutors are on a character-assassination spree against him and that he wants a new trial.
June 18, 2014
The federal government urged a California district judge on Tuesday to impose a 17-year sentence on a businessman who allegedly tried to sell DuPont Co. trade secrets to Chinese competitors, and to order a $31 million fine against his company, USA Performance Technology Inc.
June 10, 2014
A California federal judge on Monday upheld a guilty verdict for a businessman convicted of attempting to steal Dupont Co.'s proprietary method for manufacturing titanium dioxide and sell it to Chinese competitors, dismissing his call for a new trial.