Another Benefit of Globalization: Immigration Fraud and Technology Theft
The FBI arrested three Chinese nationals and charged them with illegally exporting missile technology to China. The indictment charges Zhen "Alex" Zhou Wu with "conspiring to violate U.S. export laws." Yufeng Wei aka "Annie Wei" was charged with immigration fraud in the indictment as well. Popular Mechanics had a story back in 2006 about the recurrent technology theft by Chinese companies and individuals. Technology theft by Chinese nationals was in the news last month after DuPont sued a green-card holder for stealing trade secrets in making organic-LED lights. In July, a naturalized citizen from China, Dongfan "Greg" Chung, was convicted of stealing technology from Boeing involving the Space Shuttle and rocket technology. Last June, Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, a Chinese national working in the U.S., was sentenced for stealing the "source code for military visual simulation programs to train military fighter pilots." In fact, the problem of technology theft and espionage is so severe the government is telling business executives to throw away their cell phone after visiting China.