Did these perps actually startup a company with the stolen technology? What is the name of the company?

No, startup not yet created - as article notes, charge is ‘conspiracy’ to steal’ I.e. property not stolen

Wow! Excellent article. The complete lack of morals of some employees is pretty shocking to me.

"The men allegedly downloaded the information from their employer's confidential internal engineering database, including more than 16,000 drawings. They allegedly shared plans in email regarding using the technology "

Lack of morals, and even bigger lack of common sense. They appear to have believed they could hide evidence of downloads and contents of emails, let alone keep the world from noticing that the manufacturing technology in any factory they might build had been stolen.

@Lisa " I.e. property not stolen"

In addition to conspiracy, they were also charged with possession of stolen trade secrets, so property had been stolen.

"Each man is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets and 11 counts of possessing stolen trade secrets. "

Overly inflated titles for such disteputable persons. Awful lack or morals, should never be in “management.”

Please respect that these people have been charged,, but not convicted. I know one of the accused is widely respected by his peers and I look forward to hearing all of the facts.

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My past experience as a research scientist who once [portion removed] interviewed, recommended, trusted, and hired a foreign national [portion removed] ...NEVER AGAIN.

Most have no intention of ever wanting to work for anyone else's company.
They want access to Western technologies (formulations, codes, and designs) so they can go do it on their own.

If you have worked and lived in Asia for any length of time, you will see that this is how things are.

This goes hand-in-hand with the mindset about other things such as cheating and software piracy.
In many non-western cultures, cheating is not dishonorable, but seen as a way to get ahead.
Copying software and media is not considered a crime in non-western countries - it simply means people like it, and want to use it and listen to it.
Sort of a compliment – which will cost you a few cents.

They believe our laws do not apply to them.

Let's talk taxes. It's basically an honor system when a person runs their own business.
Families of prosperous businesses never paid “normal” taxes in their homelands, so it is hard to convince them to be honorable and do this once they land here.

It is going to be a challenge to try and change the way of thinking of several billion people, if our CEO's, Universities, and government keep pushing non-western "globalization".

It's not globalization when western nations are not allowed to buy property, or have full control over their western corporations based in these non-western countries.

@Retired, you paint a very bleak picture. Unfortunately, this is not the first time I've heard these things, and I've seen some of them firsthand. (Not that our own country is exactly a pinnacle of virtue)

"Let's talk taxes. It's basically an honor system when a person runs their own business.
Families of prosperous businesses never paid “normal” taxes in their homelands, so it is hard to convince them to be honorable and do this once they land here."

It's equally hard to convince families of prosperous businesses in this country to be honorable and stop giving themselves tax breaks and loopholes.



"It's not globalization when western nations are not allowed to buy property, or have full control over their western corporations based in these non-western countries."

Especially when foreign nationals are very much allowed to buy property here.

for such a wealthy community PA is morally bankrupt and logically handicapped...

I prefer that the evidence be presented to pass jusgement. I know one of these men who is a loving, concientious and caring man and cannot fathom how he could be involved in this. I truly hope that this is some very serious misunderstanding!

Are 2 of the 4 Chinese nationals?