Economic Espionage Act of 1996
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Oct 15, 2026
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He found engineers at American aviation companies, invited them to China to lecture, and paid their travel and a stipend.
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Unable to arrest him in China, the FBI drew him to Belgium in 2018 with the promise of meeting a GE engineer, and he was extradited to Ohio, convicted under the Economic Espionage Act, and sentenced to 20 years in November 2022.
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The second job: targeting Chinese diaspora.
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The second of the two jobs points the other way.
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He found engineers at American aviation companies, invited them to China to lecture, and paid their travel and a stipend.
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Unable to arrest him in China, the FBI drew him to Belgium in 2018 with the promise of meeting a GE engineer, and he was extradited to Ohio, convicted under the Economic Espionage Act, and sentenced to 20 years in November 2022.
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The second job: targeting Chinese diaspora.
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The second of the two jobs points the other way.