U.S. Attorney's Office has accused Chinese professor Bo Mao of fraud in connection with the fact that he allegedly stole technology from the California company CNEX Labs Inc. for Huawei.
Bo Mao, an associate professor at Xiamen University (PRC), who has also been on contract at the University of Texas since last fall, was arrested in Texas on August 14. Six days later, he was released on $100 bail after he agreed to continue his trial in New York.
On August 28, at a hearing in US District Court in Brooklyn, the professor pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to the lawsuit, Mao entered into an agreement with an unnamed California technology company to obtain its printed circuit board for academic research. In fact, this was allegedly done to steal technology for the benefit of an unspecified Chinese conglomerate. However, the court document also states that the case is related to Huawei.
CNEX Labs was created by former Huawei employee Ronnie Huang. Chinese company earlier Huang in the theft of technology, but the jury him innocent. However, CNEX's claim for damages was dismissed in its counterclaim against Huawei for stealing trade secrets. Now the prosecutor's office has decided to return to this case again, and on the side of CNEX, without showing any interest in the lawsuit of Huawei against CNEX.
Source: 3dnews.ru