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Prosecutors said he began transferring files on March 30 and continued doing so after accepting a job at one of the victim company\u2019s main competitors. More than 1,800 files were copied after he had secured his next position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the files contained proprietary and export-controlled information marked with labels such as \u201cPROPRIETARY INFORMATION,\u201d \u201cFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY,\u201d and \u201cEXPORT CONTROLLED.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators also uncovered earlier efforts by Gong to align himself with Chinese government-backed recruitment initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to court documents, between 2014 and 2022, Gong submitted multiple applications to talent programs administered by the People\u2019s Republic of China, which seek to attract individuals with advanced scientific and technological expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a 2019 email translated from Chinese, he wrote that he \u201ctook a risk\u201d by traveling to China while employed by an American defense contractor and believed he could \u201cdo something\u201d to contribute to China\u2019s \u201chigh-end military integrated circuits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office, the State Department\u2019s Diplomatic Security Service, and Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation, with assistance from the FBI\u2019s San Francisco Field Office and the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dual citizen of the United States and China has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for stealing trade secrets related to U.S. missile-detection technology from a Southern California defense contractor, according to federal prosecutors. 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