N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Resident of China Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Send Leading Electric Vehicle Company's Trade Secrets to an Undercover U.S. Agent
June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024
BROOKLYN, New York, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release:
Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Klaus Pflugbeil, a resident of the People's Republic of China (the PRC or China) and a Canadian and German national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to send trade secrets that belonged to a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company (Victim Company-1). Pflugbeil and his co-defendant, Yilong Shao, who remains at . . .
Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Klaus Pflugbeil, a resident of the People's Republic of China (the PRC or China) and a Canadian and German national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to send trade secrets that belonged to a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company (Victim Company-1). Pflugbeil and his co-defendant, Yilong Shao, who remains at . . .