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Criminal

Mar. 6, 2012

Former DuPont employee pleads guilty in economic espionage case

A former DuPont employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit economic espionage for his role in the sale of DuPont trade secrets to state-owned Chinese companies.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A former DuPont employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit economic espionage for his role in the sale of DuPont trade secrets to state-owned Chinese companies.


Tze Chao, 77, who worked for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) between 1966 and 2002, Thursday admitted he provided information to Chinese companies concerning the titanium dioxide manufacturing process for mak...

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