Software Developer Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Trade Secrets Theft

Mealey's (January 22, 2018, 1:46 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Chinese national and former software developer will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets in connection with his theft of proprietary source code from his former employer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman said in a Jan. 19 press release (United States of America v. Jiaqiang Xu, No. 16-cr-0010, S.D. N.Y.)....