CHICAGO—A former Motorola Inc. software engineer who attempted to pass proprietary information to the Chinese military faces a lengthy prison term after a federal judge Feb. 8 found her guilty on three counts of theft of trade secrets (U.S. v. Jin).
U.S. District Court Judge Ruben Castillo of the Northern District of Illinois issued a 77-page decision determining that Hanjuan Jin, 41, had “criminally betrayed Motorola’’ by stealing its trade secrets. Castillo acquitted Jin, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, on three counts of electronic espionage benefitting the military of the People’s Republic of China.
Castillo’s ruling ...
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