Ex-Google Engineer Faces U.S. Charges of Stealing AI Secrets for China
• Ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding charged with stealing AI trade secrets and working with Chinese companies • Ding arrested in Newark, CA on 4 counts of federal trade secret theft, faces up to 10 years in prison per count • Ding allegedly stole numerous confidential documents from Google and referred the case to law enforcement • Ding offered chief technology officer role at Chinese AI startup while still employed at Google • FBI served search warrants, seized 500+ files of confidential info allegedly stolen by Ding from Google