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   A Chinese chemical engineer was sentenced to 14 years in prison   
   for stealing trade secrets on drink can coatings to establish a   
   Chinese company backed by the Chinese government.   
      
   Xiaorong “Shannon” You, 59, was sentenced on Monday by a federal   
   judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, on the charges of conspiracy to   
   commit trade secret theft, conspiracy to commit economic   
   espionage, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic   
   espionage and wire fraud. In addition, she is ordered to pay a   
   $200,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release.   
      
   “Stealing technology isn’t just a crime against a company,”   
   Acting Assistant Director Bradley S. Benavides of the FBI’s   
   Counterintelligence Division said in a release. “It’s a crime   
   against American workers whose jobs and livelihoods are   
   impacted.”   
      
   You stole valuable information related to bisphenol-A-free (BPA-   
   free) coatings found inside beverage cans. BPA was used to help   
   lessen flavor loss and prevent cans from corroding. Companies   
   began developing BPA-free alternatives because of BPA’s   
   potential health risks.   
      
   You was the principal engineer for global research at Coca-Cola   
   from December 2012 through August 2017. She also became a   
   packaging application development manager at Eastman Chemical   
   from September 2017 through June 2018.   
      
   The trade secrets cost coating companies about $120 million to   
   develop.   
      
   You hoped to establish a BPA-free coating company in China. She   
   and her corporate partner, Weihai Jinhong Group, received   
   millions of dollars in Chinese government grants to support the   
   new company. Prosecutors said that You also intended to benefit   
   Shandong Province, the city of Weihai and the Chinese Communist   
   Party.   
      
   “When companies invest huge amounts of time and money to develop   
   world-class technologies, only to have those technologies   
   stolen, the results are devastating,” Assistant Attorney General   
   Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal   
   Division said. “Here, the defendant intended not only to enrich   
   herself and her China-based partners, but also the government of   
   China. Crimes like the defendant’s threaten both victim   
   companies and the economic security of the nation as a whole.   
   This case should serve as a warning to those entrusted with   
   valuable trade secrets: if you break the law, you will be   
   punished.”   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/ex-coca-cola-chemist-sentenced-   
   234210142.html   
      
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