Linwei Ding, 38, known to colleagues as Leon Ding, is accused of stealing and transmitting back to Chinese companies more ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has accused former Google engineer Linwei Ding of leaking trade secrets to Chinese firms in an ...

A Chinese national who has been indicted for allegedly stealing AI secrets from Google is facing additional charges, federal ...

A serious case of economic espionage has emerged, involving a former Google engineer, Linwei (Leon) Ding, who is accused of ...

Prosecutors say Ding stole information about the hardware infrastructure and software platform that lets Google's ...

AI investors and creators labeled the announcement as a “ Sputnik moment ” for American technology—referring to the Soviet ...

A former Google software engineer stole artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the Silicon Valley tech giant, ...

According to US authorities, Linwei Ding joined Google in 2019 and was involved in covertly stealing information related to ...

If convicted, Ding faces as long as 15 years in prison for each count of economic espionage, and up to 10 years for each of ...

The defendant, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted last March on four counts of theft of trade secrets. He is free on bond. Lawyers for Ding did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national who joined Google in 2019 and also goes by Leon Ding, allegedly stole technology involving ...