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PAIR ACCUSED OF STEALING BATTERY MANUFACTURING SECRETS FROM TESLA AND STARTING THEIR OWN COMPANY
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Two men are accused of starting a business in China using battery manufacturing technology pilfered from Tesla and trying to sell the proprietary information, federal prosecutors in New York said.
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Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, a Canadian citizen who lives in Ningbo, China, was arrested this week on Long Island, where he thought he was going to meet with businessmen to negotiate a sale price for the information, federal authorities said. Instead, the businessmen were undercover federal agents.
The other man named in the criminal complaint is Yilong Shao, 47, also of Ningbo. He remains at large. They are charged with conspiracy to transmit trade secrets, which carries up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
A lawyer for Pflugbeil did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment. Tesla also did not immediately return an email message.
This story is from the AppleMagazine #647 edition of AppleMagazine.
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