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US says former GE engineer stole secrets for Beijing

Justice Department condemns state-led strategy to 'rob American companies'

Workers inspect a gas turbine under construction at the gas turbines production unit of the General Electric plant in Belfort, France.    © Reuters

NEW YORK -- A former General Electric engineer and a Chinese businessman were indicted Tuesday on charges of economic espionage and conspiring to steal the U.S. company's trade secrets related to gas turbine technologies, according to the Justice Department. 

The two passed on the stolen trade secrets, knowing it would benefit the Chinese government, the department said.

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