Engineer Indicted in Alleged Plot to Sell Military Trade Secrets
An AP newswire article by Jordan Robertson, via The San Diego Union-Tribune, reports that:
A Silicon Valley engineer stole trade secrets from a San Jose software company and tried to sell them to foreign governments, prosecutors alleged Thursday.More here.
Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, a Chinese national with Canadian citizenship, was indicted on 36 felony counts, including economic espionage to benefit a foreign government and violations of military technology export laws.
Prosecutors say Meng stole the underlying code for software made by Quantum3D Inc. that is used to train military fighter pilots, and tried to sell it to the Thai and Malaysian air forces and a company with ties to China's military.
No foreign government or agent was named as a conspirator in the case.
posted by Fergie @ 12/15/2006 10:29:00 AM
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