Taiwan prosecutors on July 24 have charged five current and former senior staff members at German chemical giant BASF for stealing company secrets and selling them to its Chinese rival Jianghua Micro.
BASF manager Huang Yilin, 45, and the four former employees he allegedly recruited were charged with breach of trust, and violating the Trade Secrets Act, the Copyright Act, and the Criminal Code, according to a press release (pdf) from the Taiwan Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office on July 24.
