By MATTHEW DOLAN

A former product engineer at Ford Motor Co. stole more than 4,000 pages of documents containing trade secrets and tried to use the confidential papers to help secure a new job with at least one Chinese car company, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.

Xiang Dong Yu, 47, of Beijing, was charged in a five-count indictment with theft of trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets and unauthorized access to a protected computer, according to court papers. Mr. Yu, also known as Mike Yu, was arrested on Wednesday at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after disembarking from a flight from China. An attorney for Mr. Yu in Chicago didn't return a call for comment Thursday.

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