New York man sentenced to 2 years for conspiring to steal GE trade secrets for China

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New York man was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric (NYSE:GE) Co’s trade secrets to benefit China, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial that ended in March last year, according to the Justice Department.