Chinese Researcher Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Stealing Trade Secrets

Chinese Researcher Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Stealing Trade Secrets
Exterior view of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Colombus, Ohio. Nationwide Children's Hospital/CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Frank Fang
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A Chinese researcher was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Feb. 1 for conspiring to steal U.S. trade secrets and make a profit in China.

Chen Li, 47, a former resident of Dublin, Ohio, worked at the Ohio-based Research Institute at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital from 2008 until 2018. Her husband, Zhou Yu, 50, worked at a different medical research lab at the same hospital from 2007 until 2017.

Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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