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| China is accused of stealing US technology |
China faces new theft allegations of US technology. The US Department of Justice has sued a Chinese researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, alleging that he destroyed evidence relating to a federal investigation into the possible transfer of illegal US technology to China.
Apparently, Guan Lei threw his hard drive into a trash bin near his US residence before attempting to board a plane to China.
After Li got on the plane and tried to board the plane to China, Li refused the CIA's request and asked the FBI to recover the hard drive.
After Li Guan refused the request, he was denied boarding.
According to the written testimony supporting the testimony provided by the FBI, the hard drive has been irreparably damaged and all previous data regarding the hard drive appears to have been intentionally erased.
The Justice Department said the FBI has since begun investigating whether Lee transferred sensitive software or technical data from the United States to the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) or falsely denied access to the Chinese military when he applied for a visa in 2018. .
As part of the investigation, Li admitted that he attended military training and studied at the National Defense Technology University in China, but he still wears uniform sometimes, but claimed he was a regular student.
Not only did Li Kuan Yew destroy the evidence, but he was accused of concealing digital storage devices from investigators and falsely claiming that he had contact with the Chinese consulate in the United States.
If the allegations are confirmed, Lee faces up to 20 years in prison. Lee is the latest case of a Chinese citizen being investigated for possible illegal transfer of US technology to China.
Earlier this year, another Chinese citizen was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing next-generation battery technology from a US oil company.
According to FBI Director Christopher Wray, this investigation has doubled since 2018 when the US Department of Justice launched a campaign against China to counter and investigate Beijing's industrial espionage.
"The FBI has conducted nearly a thousand investigations into China's attempts to steal American technology," Li said. He told me all of our 56 field offices earlier this year.