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06-18-2008, 03:57 PM
Chinese-Canadian engineer sentenced to 24 months in economic espionage case
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Canadian citizen who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy has been sentenced to 24 months in a U.S. prison.
Forty-four-year-old Xiaodong Sheldon Meng is the first person sentenced on the rare charge of committing economic espionage against the U.S. It's the most serious crime under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Canadian citizen who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy has been sentenced to 24 months in a U.S. prison.
Forty-four-year-old Xiaodong Sheldon Meng is the first person sentenced on the rare charge of committing economic espionage against the U.S. It's the most serious crime under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996.
Story continued.... (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/06/18/5915001-ap.html)