Ex-Motorola employee fired for trade secret theft, convicted to fours in jail.
A COMPANY'S TRADE SECRET CAN SPELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE. THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO PROTECT SUCH PRECIOUS DATA.
(prHWY.com) September 17, 2012 - Beaverton, OR -- BORN IN CHINA, NATURALIZED U.S CITIZEN, HANJUAN, JUN, 41, HAD BEEN CONVICTED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. FIVE YEARS AGO, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH STEALING MOTOROLA TRADE SECRETS; SHE WAS ARRESTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THE UNITED STATES BACK TO CHINA WITH A ONE WAY TICKET. AIRPORT AUTHORITIES FOUND MORE THAN 1000 CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MOTOROLA'S INTEGRATED DIGITAL ENHANCED NETWORK (IDEN) PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) TECHNOLOGY. A FEDERAL COURT IN THE US HAS CONVICTED JIN ON THREE COUNTS ON TRADE SECRET INFRINGEMENT, SENTENCING HER TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL WITH A PENALTY FINE OF $20,000.
LATER THE COURT ACQUITTED ALL THREE CHARGES WHICH WERE BASED ON ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE FOR CHINA. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REVEALED THAT SHE WORKED ON VARIOUS CHINESE MILITARY PROJECT AND WAS TRUSTED WITH TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS ON THE CHINESE MILITARY PROJECTS WHERE SHE WORKED PREVIOUSLY - SUN KAISENS.
THIS SENTENCING FURTHER PROVES THAT U.S. FEDERAL COURTS TAKE THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WILL NOT HESITATE TO PROSECUTE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE.
ACCORDING TO DATA THEFT EXPERT JONATHAN LADD, NO MATTER HOW LARGE AND SOPHISTICATED AN ORGANIZATION IS, IT'S ALWAYS AT RISK OF DATA THEFT. HOWEVER, CASES LIKE THESE ARE EXCEPTIONAL, AS MANY EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE GET AWAY WITH STEALING CONFIDENTIAL COMPANY TRADE SECRETS AND SELL THEM TO FOREIGN COMPANIES, THEIR BIGGEST CUSTOMERS BEING IN THE THIRD-WORLD WHERE LACK OF COPYRIGHT AND DATA INFRINGEMENT LAWS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED OR HONORED. THESE THIRD-WORLD BASED COMPANIES WILL HAPPILY PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SUCH TRADE SECRETS. LADD RECOMMENDS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND CORPORATIONS SHOULD THOROUGHLY RUN BACKGROUND CHECKS ON HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS BEFORE TRUSTING THEM WITH COMPANY TRADE SECRETS. FINALLY, THEY SHOULD SAFEGUARD THEIR TRADE SECRETS WITH DATA SECURITY SOFTWARES WHICH ARE ENGINEERED ESPECIALLY TO PROTECT COMPANY TRADE SECRETS.
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