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Oregon man charged with stealing Nike secrets

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KYLE IBOSHI An FBI agent says, Chapin wrote an anonymous letter to the CEO of the Saucony Corporation. The shoe maker is a competitor of Nike. He also suggests similar letters were sent to four other CEO's. Investigators say Chapin claimed to have a copy of Nike's unreleased Fall 2008 catalog. He was willing to leak the information, including designs and prices, to the highest bidder. "This is espionage. This kind of crime, when you are trying to sell trade secrets is considered espionage under federal law," explains Beth Anne Steele of the Portland FBI Office.

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