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\"\"Officials stated that a New York man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric’s (GE) trade secrets for China’s benefit, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial that ended on March 31, 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Zheng was employed at GE Power in Schenectady, New York, as an engineer specializing in turbine sealing technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He worked at GE from 2008 until the summer of 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The trial evidence indicated that Zheng and others in China conspired to steal GE\u2019s trade secrets surrounding GE\u2019s ground-based and aviation-based turbine technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department\u2019s National Security Division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican ingenuity is an integral part of the United States economic security \u2013 it is what has guided the U.S. to become the global leader, even as China seeks to topple our status,\u201d said Assistant Director Alan E. Kohler Jr. of the FBI Counterintelligence Division. \u201cXiaoqing Zheng was a Thousand Talents Program member and willingly stole proprietary technology and sent it back to the PRC.”<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Mae A. D\u2019Agostino also sentenced Zheng to pay a $7,500 fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI investigated this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Powers for the Northern District of New York, and Trial Attorney Matthew Chang of the National Security Division\u2019s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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