An ex-Apple engineer who tried to steal documents from Apple's car division and fly with them to China has pled guilty and will be sentenced in November.
, a former Apple employee by the name of Xiaolang Zhang, who was arrested by federal agents in July 2018 just as he was about to board a flight from San Jose to China, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in San Jose. Zhang was charged with stealing computer files that contained secrets about Apple's hush-hush car division. Zhang faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.The sentencing is scheduled to take place on November 14th.
Zhang worked on the autonomous car project's Compute Team which designed and tested circuit boards for sensors required for the project. The circuit board schematics he had with him at the time of his arrest are considered one of the most valuable secrets related to projects that rely on cutting-edge technology.
Internal software used by Apple helps the company keep track of the employees who know about a certain project and they are forced to take in-person secrecy training according to the complaint filed with the court. But Apple made this move after Zhang had accessed company databases to download documents and information. He was also caught red-handed by Apple's closed-circuit television system removing circuit boards and a Linux server from the lab.Zhang isn't the only former Apple employee who tried to peddle secrets from Apple's car division. Jizhong Chen is accused of stealing trade secrets from Apple's car division in early 2019. A U.S.
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