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A former Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) engineer on Monday pleaded guilty to trade secret theft - one of two people accused of stealing trade secrets from the iPhone maker's nascent self-driving car program.

U.S. federal prosecutors have alleged that Xiaolang Zhang downloaded the plan for a circuit board for Apple's self-driving after disclosing his intentions to work for a Chinese self-driving car startup and booking a last-minute flight to China.He was arrested at the San Jose airport after he passed through a security checkpoint.

Xpeng (NYSE:XPEV) , the Chinese electric car maker Zhang joined after leaving Apple in 2018, said on its Twitter-like Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) account on Tuesday that the company had no dispute with Apple over the issue and that it was not involved in Zhang's case in any form.

Zhang initially pleaded not guilty to the charges but according to court documents on Monday, he had reached a plea deal with prosecutors and changed his plea to guilty. The plea deal is sealed and sentencing is set for November.

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Remotecam
2022-08-24
Remotecam
thanks for sharing. Xpeng sells thousands of EVs. Apple sell zero EVs. But it is Apple that accuse Xpeng for stealing it's EV ideas. ironic.
JC888
2022-08-24
JC888
May I know what is the point of article? Biz espionage is nothing new. Happens all the time. Hasn't ended n dun think it will. And so??
Moolele
2022-08-24
Moolele
Can huat big big ah?
setia100
2022-08-24
setia100
Bad apples of Tech AAPL
Dan94
2022-08-24
Dan94
ok tq for sharing
bluesea520
2022-08-24
bluesea520
thanks for sharing

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