A Chinese expert was accused of stealing US nuclear missile detection technology
Feb 08, 2024
Washington [US], February 8: The US arrested a Chinese expert accused of stealing thousands of files from a US company, including technology to detect nuclear missile launches.
On February 8, NBC quoted a statement from the US Department of Justice saying that a Chinese expert had just been arrested on charges of stealing commercial secrets
Mr. Chenguang Gong (57 years old) became a US citizen in 2011 and lives in San Jose city (California) and was arrested on February 6.
The release said Mr. Gong is accused of transferring more than 3,600 files from a research and development company he worked for for a short time to personal storage devices. The name of the company has not been announced.
According to court documents, the files include blueprints for infrared sensors used in space-based systems to detect nuclear missile
These files are also said to include blueprints for sensors that would allow US military aircraft to detect heat-seeking missiles
Justice Department official Martin Estrada said Mr. Gong "previously sought to provide information to China to support its military."
"We know that foreign actors, including China, are actively seeking to steal our technology, but we will remain vigilant against this threat by protecting our innovations." American businesses and researchers," according to Mr. Estrada.
According to court documents, Mr. Gong worked at the above company from January 2023 to April 2023 as a circuit design director for infrared sensors.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice said two Iranians were indicted in another case involving sensitive technology.
Defendant Abolfazi Bazzazi (79 years old) and his son Mohammad Resa Bazzazi (43 years old) were prosecuted in New York for violating export laws by conspiring to export equipment used in the aerospace industry to Iran from Iran. from 2008 to 2019. These two defendants are currently living in Iran.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
