A former employee of General Electric Power was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to steal GE's trade secrets on behalf of the Chinese government.
"This is a case of textbook economic espionage. Zheng exploited his position of trust, betrayed his employer and conspired with the government of China to steal innovative American technology," said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the DOJ’s National Security Division. "The Justice Department will hold accountable those who threaten our national security by conniving to steal valuable trade secrets on behalf of a foreign power.
The Thousand Talents Plan is an initiative of the PRC government that recruits experts abroad with access to intellectual property, trade secrets and other sensitive information or advanced technologies that members provide to the Chinese government.
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