A Chinese-born, naturalized U.S. citizen was convicted Thursday of stealing trade secrets worth up to $120 million from companies that developed a safer coating for the inside of beverage cans and trying to sell the technology to the Chinese Communist Party.
Xiaorong You, who began working in the United States nearly 30 years ago, was employed by Coca-Cola and Eastman Chemical Company when she stole trade secrets related to formulations for bisphenol-A-free coatings.
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