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Shanghai Court Sentences Rio Tinto Executives in Bribery

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By: Anthony Lin The four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group charged in China with bribery and stealing trade secrets were found guilty Monday and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 to 14 years. The four immediately were dismissed by Rio Tinto, according to the Australian Associated Press; their actions were described by the company as "deplorable." The most senior of the four, Australian citizen Stern Hu, was sentenced by the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to 10 years in prison--five years for bribery, and five for stealing trade secrets, according to the official Xinhua news agency. To read the complete article from The AM Law Daily, please click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on March 29, 2010 (boomark / email).

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