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发信人: gc01 (gc01), 信区: Military
标 题: 2老中科学家偷玉米种子被逮捕ZT
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 13 14:58:43 2013, 美东)
Chinese Ag Scientists Charged With Stealing Patented Seeds
by SCOTT NEUMAN
December 12, 2013 9:11 PM
Two agricultural scientists from China have been accused of trying to steal
patented seeds from a biopharmaceutical company in Kansas.
Separately, six men from China, including the CEO of a seed corn subsidiary
of a Chinese conglomerate, were charged Thursday with conspiring to steal
patented seed corn from two of the nation's leading seed developers,
prosecutors said Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
It wasn't immediately clear if the arrests were related, but The AP wrote of
the group of six charged:
"Court documents read like an espionage novel with Chinese men found
crawling on their knees in Midwest cornfields secretly stealing corn ears
and federal agents obtaining court orders to tap the cell phone and bug the
rental car of the CEO of Kings Nower Seed, a subsidiary of Beijing-based
conglomerate DBN Group."
"The FBI also placed GPS tracking devices on cars and tracked the men as
they moved around the Midwest countryside stopping at cornfields and buying
bags of seed from dealers in Iowa and Missouri."
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom identified the two scientists charged in Kansas
as Weiqiang Zhang, 47, and Wengui Yan, 63, both from the People's Republic
of China but living legally in the U.S.
According to a statement issued by Grissom's office:
"The victim in the case – identified in court records as Company A — has
invested approximately $75 million in patented technology used to create a
variety of seeds containing recombinant proteins. The company has an
extensive intellectual property portfolio of more than 100 issued and
pending patents and exclusive licenses to issued patents."
"An affidavit in support of the complaint alleges that on Aug. 7, 2013,
agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection found stolen seeds in the
luggage of a group of visitors from China preparing to board a plane to
return home. While in the United States, the group had visited various
agricultural facilities and universities in the Midwest, as well as the Dale
Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuggart, Ark."
The six others include Mo Hailong, who was arrested in Wednesday in Miami,
according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt, the Des Moines-based federal
prosecutor for central Iowa, according to AP.
Mo is charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The other five men
charged are being sought by federal authorities, Klinefeldt said.
The AP says:
"Wang Hongwei, a dual citizen of China and Canada, who lives in Canada, also
is charged. Klinefeldt said the U.S. and Canada does have an extradition
agreement and all avenues are being considered to bring him into custody."
"Court documents allege the men were observed taking corn from test fields
containing highly valuable seed owned by Pioneer Hybrid and Monsanto, hiding
it in a storage unit near Des Moines and eventually taking it to farm in
Monee, Ill., which the FBI said had been purchased by Kings Nower Seed in
March 2012."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/12/250587132/chines
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发信人: gc01 (gc01), 信区: Military
标 题: 2老中科学家偷玉米种子被逮捕ZT
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 13 14:58:43 2013, 美东)
Chinese Ag Scientists Charged With Stealing Patented Seeds
by SCOTT NEUMAN
December 12, 2013 9:11 PM
Two agricultural scientists from China have been accused of trying to steal
patented seeds from a biopharmaceutical company in Kansas.
Separately, six men from China, including the CEO of a seed corn subsidiary
of a Chinese conglomerate, were charged Thursday with conspiring to steal
patented seed corn from two of the nation's leading seed developers,
prosecutors said Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
It wasn't immediately clear if the arrests were related, but The AP wrote of
the group of six charged:
"Court documents read like an espionage novel with Chinese men found
crawling on their knees in Midwest cornfields secretly stealing corn ears
and federal agents obtaining court orders to tap the cell phone and bug the
rental car of the CEO of Kings Nower Seed, a subsidiary of Beijing-based
conglomerate DBN Group."
"The FBI also placed GPS tracking devices on cars and tracked the men as
they moved around the Midwest countryside stopping at cornfields and buying
bags of seed from dealers in Iowa and Missouri."
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom identified the two scientists charged in Kansas
as Weiqiang Zhang, 47, and Wengui Yan, 63, both from the People's Republic
of China but living legally in the U.S.
According to a statement issued by Grissom's office:
"The victim in the case – identified in court records as Company A — has
invested approximately $75 million in patented technology used to create a
variety of seeds containing recombinant proteins. The company has an
extensive intellectual property portfolio of more than 100 issued and
pending patents and exclusive licenses to issued patents."
"An affidavit in support of the complaint alleges that on Aug. 7, 2013,
agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection found stolen seeds in the
luggage of a group of visitors from China preparing to board a plane to
return home. While in the United States, the group had visited various
agricultural facilities and universities in the Midwest, as well as the Dale
Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuggart, Ark."
The six others include Mo Hailong, who was arrested in Wednesday in Miami,
according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt, the Des Moines-based federal
prosecutor for central Iowa, according to AP.
Mo is charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The other five men
charged are being sought by federal authorities, Klinefeldt said.
The AP says:
"Wang Hongwei, a dual citizen of China and Canada, who lives in Canada, also
is charged. Klinefeldt said the U.S. and Canada does have an extradition
agreement and all avenues are being considered to bring him into custody."
"Court documents allege the men were observed taking corn from test fields
containing highly valuable seed owned by Pioneer Hybrid and Monsanto, hiding
it in a storage unit near Des Moines and eventually taking it to farm in
Monee, Ill., which the FBI said had been purchased by Kings Nower Seed in
March 2012."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/12/250587132/chines
