A U.S. federal judge has sentenced a former Silicon Valley software engineer to two years in federal prison for stealing military technology and trying to sell it to the Chinese government, the first defendant to be convicted under the anti-espionage provisions of a 12-year-old federal law. Xiadong Sheldon Meng pleaded guilty last year to violating the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and federal export laws, admitting he stole technology from his former employer, Quantum 3D. [SiliconValley.com]
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