· linwei ding, also known as leon ding, is accused of stealing trade secrets from google , which hired him in 2019 as a software engineer to help develop its supercomputing data centers. Prosecutors allege he transferred over 1,000 confidential files. · a chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets at google. He previously pleaded not guilty to seven counts of theft of trade secrets and seven counts of economic espionage. · the linwei ding case illustrates what u. s. · former google software engineer linwei “leon” ding faces new charges of stealing ai trade secrets to benefit chinese firms. Google and other top u. s. Officials say is an ongoing nightmare: Tech firms have had their pockets picked by china. Department of justice has accused former google engineer linwei ding of leaking trade secrets to chinese firms in an indictment. · us prosecutors unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former google software engineer linwei ding of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit two chinese companies he was secretly working for. Linwei ding has been charged with multiple counts of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. If convicted on all charges, he could face up to 175 years in prison and significant.
