NY Man Sentenced for Plotting to Steal Trade Secrets for China

NY Man Sentenced for Plotting to Steal Trade Secrets for China
The logo of U.S. giant General Electric is pictured on the Belfort plant, in eastern France, on March 29, 2021. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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A New York man was sentenced on Jan. 3 to two years in federal prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets from General Electric (GE) to benefit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial in March last year, the Department of Justice said in a statement.