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Ex-Apple Worker Charged With Stealing Self-Driving Car Trade Secrets (reuters.com)
U.S. authorities on Monday charged a former Apple employee with theft of trade secrets, alleging that the person downloaded a secret blueprint related to a self-driving car to a personal laptop and later trying to flee the country, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. From a report: The complaint said that the former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, disclosed intentions to work for a Chinese self-driving car startup and booked a last-minute flight to China after downloading the plan for a circuit board for the self-driving car. Authorities arrested Zhang on July 7 at the San Jose airport after he passed through a security checkpoint. "Apple takes confidentiality and the protection of our intellectual property very seriously," Apple said in a statement. "We're working with authorities on this matter and will do everything possible to make sure this individual and any other individuals involved are held accountable for their actions."
Wondering what the legal justification is of arresting someone at an airport based on statements from an employer. Doesn't seem to meet the grounds for felony IP infringement as that requires distribution (which wasn't mentioned or proved-- besides if he distributed it electronically he wouldn't need the laptop).
He copied something illegally. Courts seemingly are required to prove it's a felony.
Must be nice to be so rich and powerful in a city you can just call the cops to do what you want.
And are you still avoiding to take responsability for the fact that the U.S. is now governed by a child rapist, among other things, because of trumptards like you ?
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and I still wouldn't lose any voters". Yep, that pretty much sums up everything you need to know about Trump supporters.