A former fiber laser scientist at Corning Incorporated has been convicted by a federal jury for stealing technology from a U.S. government-funded project and attempting to transfer it to China.
Ji Wang, who was charged in 2021, was found guilty of two counts of economic espionage, one count of theft of trade secrets, one count of attempted economic espionage, and one count of attempted theft of trade secrets, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Nov. 5.
