US charges ex-Apple engineer with stealing trade secrets, then fleeing to China

US charges ex-Apple engineer with stealing trade secrets, then fleeing to China

Justice department announces charges involving company’s self-driving car technology

The US has charged a former Apple engineer accused of stealing the company’s technology on autonomous systems, including self-driving cars, and then fleeing to China.

The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced charges in that case and several others involving the alleged theft of trade secrets and efforts to steal technology to benefit China, Russia and Iran.

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