Couple charged with economic espionage in DuPont chemical case
March 12, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — A California couple and several accomplices are on trial for allegedly stealing trade secrets from DuPont, ABC News reported. The couple — Walter and Christina Liew
SAN FRANCISCO — A California couple and several accomplices are on trial for allegedly stealing trade secrets from DuPont, ABC News reported.
The couple — Walter and Christina Liew— along with two former DuPont Scientists and the Chinese Company Pangang Group Co. Ltd. have been charged with economic espionage after they allegedly stole DuPont’s recipe for titanium oxide, a whitening ingredient used in a wide-range of products from Oreo cookies to car paint.
Federal prosecutors launched an investigation after the Liews hired retired DuPont engineers and won a $17 million contract to design a Chinese factory to make titanium dioxide.
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