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Former Motorola engineer gets 4-year sentence for stealing secrets


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:45:41 -0500 (CDT)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-exengineer-gets-xxx-for-stealing-secrets-from-motorola-20120829,0,1785719.story

By Ameet Sachdev
Tribune reporter
August 29, 2012

A former Motorola software engineer who lived in Schaumburg was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for stealing trade secrets from the company.

Hanjuan Jin was found guilty in February on three counts of theft of trade secrets but was cleared of economic espionage charges that accused her of intending to pass the information to the Chinese military.

Jin faced a maximum of 10 years in prison on each count.

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