Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit China
- Posted on January 31, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit China

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Linwei Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets after an 11-day trial in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California.