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Chinese-American first to be convicted under Economic Espionage Act

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Former Boeing engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was convicted Thursday of stealing corporate trade secrets related to the US Space Shuttle program and turning them over to China in the first ever trial under the Economic Espionage Act. Chung, a native of China, was tried in the US District Court for the Central District of California in a non-jury trial and convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, six counts of economic espionage to benefit a foreign country, one count of acting as an agent of the People's Republic of China, and one count of making false statements to the FBI. Chung was remanded into custody to await sentencing, which is scheduled for November 9. Prosecutors plan to recommend a 15- to 20-year prison sentence. Chung was arrested in February 2008. He worked for Rockwell International from 1973 until its defense and space unit was acquired by Boeing in 1996, and he continued to work for Boeing as an employee and then as a contractor through 2006. Chung's arrest resulted from an investigation into the case of Chi Mak, a Chinese-American engineer convicted in 2007 of conspiring to smuggle sensitive naval intelligence data to China and sentenced to more than 24 years in prison.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on July 17, 2009 (boomark / email).