3rd Chinese Scientist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Drug Maker GlaxoSmithKline

3rd Chinese Scientist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Drug Maker GlaxoSmithKline
Signage for GlaxoSmithKline is seen on its offices in London on March 30, 2016. Toby Melville/Reuters
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A third former scientist at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets to benefit pharmaceutical company Renopharma, which was backed by Chinese regime funding, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Jan. 3.

Lucy Xi, 44, formerly a resident of Malvern, Pennsylvania, is the fourth person to plead guilty in the scheme that also involves former GSK scientists Yu Xue and Tao Li, Yu’s sister Tian Xue, and Yan Mei, to whom Xi was married.

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