Lilly scientists prosecuted for trade secret theft
Two former Eli Lilly scientists were arrested and charged by the U.S.
Government for stealing and transmitting Lilly trade secrets to a
Chinese company. Guoqing Cao and Shuyu Li, both research scientists
with doctoral degrees, have been charged with multiple counts of trade
secrets theft and conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 1832 and
371, according to an Indictment that was recently unsealed by the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis. The charges against the two
naturalized U.S. citizens, who will remain in custody for leaking trade
secrets to a Lilly competitor in China,
provides an abject lesson for
both pharmaceutical companies that fail to safeguard trade secrets and
other proprietary information and employees who get caught by federal
authorities.
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