Resident of China Sentenced for Stealing Trade Secrets From Tesla

The American company has been identified as Tesla and a Chinese coconspirator remains at large.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Klaus Pflugbeil, a Canadian man currently residing in China, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 24 months in prison for selling trade secrets stolen from an American company.

Pflugbeil was charged in March and pleaded guilty in a New York federal court in June.