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| Hongjin Tan, an expert on Battery technology |
Hongjin Tan, an expert on Battery technology from China has been charged with stealing trade secrets from US employer. Hongjin Tan was preparing to join mainland firm.
Hongjin Tan allegedly downloaded confidential files to a flash drive, relating to a proprietary product worth US$1 billion and the drive cleaned up the day before he resigned.
The DoJ alleged Hongjin Tan downloaded hundreds of files
related to the manufacture of a “research and development downstream
energy market product,” which he planned to use to benefit a company in
China that had offered him a job. He was arrested on Thursday in
Oklahoma and will next appear in court on Wednesday, the department
said. Tan’s LinkedIn page says he worked as a staff scientist for Phillips 66 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since May 2017. He resigned to join a Chinese company that has developed production lines for lithium ion battery materials.
Reuters
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