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SAN JOSE – Hao Zhang was sentenced yesterday to eighteen months in prison and ordered to pay $476,835 in restitution following his conviction at trial on charges of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and conspiring to commit both offenses, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett“I am gratified by a sentence that recognizes the seriousness of the offense,” said U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California.  “Command-and-control countries cannot match the innovation of a free nation, and inevitably resort to theft.  We...

Defendant Stole from U.S. Companies to Benefit Instrumentality of the Chinese Government Hao Zhang, 41, of China, was found guilty of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and conspiring to commit both offenses today, announced the Department of Justice.  The ruling was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge, following a four-day bench trial.Evidence submitted during the course of the trial demonstrated that from 2010 to 2015, Zhang conspired to and did steal trade secrets from two companies: Avago, a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of analog, digital, mixed signal and...