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Criminal

Jan. 8, 2016

Engineer convicted of economic espionage

An electronics engineer has been found guilty of illegally peddling trade secrets to his ex-boss's competitors.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

An electronics engineer who thought he was serving a cold dish of revenge on his former employer got an even frostier dose of comeuppance from a federal judge who found him guilty of illegally peddling trade secrets to his ex-boss's competitors.

Derek Wai Hung Tam Sing, 44, of Glendale was convicted in Los Angeles by U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder of 32 felony vi...

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