A Chinese intelligence agent was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States on Wednesday for trying to steal technology from American and French airlines, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Shaw Yangon was accused of playing a leadership role in a five -year -backed plan from the Chinese state to steal commercial secrets from airlines, most notably “General Electric Aviation”, a leader in the manufacture of aircraft engines in the world, and the French “Safran” group that worked with the first company to develop a engine.
Shu was one of 11 Chinese citizens, including an intelligence officer, and their names were received in October 2018 with indictment in a federal court in Sensinati, Ohio, where the headquarters of “General Electric Aviation”.
He was arrested in April 2018 in Belgium, where he was apparently lured for an intelligence, as he was intended to meet a “General Electric” employee in secret.
He was then handed over to the United States, where he was tried and convicted in a trial before a jury on November 5, 2021, on charges of attempting economic spying, attempting to steal commercial secrets, and I was accused of conspiracy in the file.
For its part, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement, “What targeted US airlines, enlisted travel employees to China, and asked for secret information, all on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China.
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“This issue sends a clear message: we will be held accountable for anyone trying to steal American commercial secrets,” said the federal prosecutor in Ohio Kenneth Parker..
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