The US official said US businesses operating in China regularly complain about insufficient protections and enforcement over intellectual property

The employee, a Chinese national, stole details about chips and software that helps power a supercomputer "capable of executing at the cutting edge of machine learning and AI technology"

Prosecutors say 65-year-old Choi Jinseog, once hailed as a star in Korea's chip industry, tapped Samsung’s supplier network to steal information on factory layouts, cleanroom management

The action was not only a crime against the company but also ``a crime against American workers,'' the FBI said in a statement.

Criminal complaint alleges Shenzhen-based company actively recruited Motorola employees in Malaysia, offering higher salaries and better benefits in exchange for Motorola's trade secrets.

Federal officials found Xiang Haitao in possession of copies of a proprietary predictive algorithm as he was waiting to board a flight to China