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The DOJ announced on Tuesday that Apple software engineer Weibao Wang has been indicted on charges of stealing crucial autonomous technology from the tech giant for a Chinese self-driving car company.
The software engineer fled to China the same day his home was searched. He allegedly stole or attempted to steal Apple’s “entire” autonomous source code.
The software engineer fled to China the same day his home was searched. He allegedly stole or attempted to steal Apple's "entire" autonomous source code.
The Department of Justice has charged a third ex-engineer over the alleged theft of self-driving car tech in 2018, after the engineer tried to hand Apple's trade secrets over to a Chinese autonomous driving tech company.
A third Apple store employee was apparently driven to steal self-driving car technology, according to CNBC. Weibao Wang was charged with six counts of theft or attempted theft by prosecutors, who allege he stole troves of source code on Apple’s autonomous technology for an unnamed Chinese company.