"LOS ANGELES - A judge on Monday sentenced a 59-year-old San Jose man to nearly four years in federal prison for stealing thousands of files containing sensitive missile technologies and trade secrets, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Chenguang Gong, a dual citizen of the United States and China, pleaded guilty on July 21 to one count of theft of trade secrets."
"Gong transferred more than 3,600 files from the Los Angeles-area research-and-development company he worked at briefly to personal storage devices, prosecutors said. The stolen files included blueprints for sensors designed to track and detect nuclear, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as blueprints for sensors designed to enable U.S. fighter jets to detect and evade heat-seeking missiles, prosecutors said. The Los Angeles-area company - identified only as the "victim company" - hired Gong in January 2023 to design, develop and verify infrared sensors."
Chenguang Gong, a dual U.S.-China citizen and former San Jose engineer, pleaded guilty to theft of trade secrets and was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison. Gong transferred more than 3,600 files from a Los Angeles-area research-and-development company to personal storage devices, including over 1,800 files after accepting a job with a main competitor. Stolen materials included blueprints for sensors to track and detect nuclear, ballistic and hypersonic missiles and for sensors enabling U.S. fighter jets to detect and evade heat-seeking missiles. Some information was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Gong applied to Chinese "talent programs" and traveled to China seeking funding to develop analog-to-digital converters.
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