Chinese American Pleads Guilty After Attempting to Take Trade Secrets to China

‘Intellectual property theft causes U.S. companies across numerous sectors to lose billions of dollars a year,’ U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser said.

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A Chinese man has pleaded guilty after trying to board a flight carrying trade secrets from his Kansas-based employer to China, according to federal prosecutors.

Zhang Junjie, 57, also known as Jeff Zhang, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced on April 1.