Ohio Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets and Sell to China
Hospital researcher Yu Zhou was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to China, according to an April 20 press release from the Department of Justice. Zhou pleaded guilty in December 2020…
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to stealing trade secrets from Nationwide Children's Hospital's Research Institute along with his wife Li Chen, who was sentenced in February. Zhou also conspired to commit wire fraud. The five trade secrets Zhou and his wife conspired to steal concerned the research, identification and treatment of pediatric medical conditions.