Jin was caught on Feb. 28, 2007, during a random security search at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, where she was due to fly on a one-way ticket to China, where she was born.
Prosecutors alleged that among the secrets in the company documents she had on her were descriptions of a walkie-talkie type feature on Motorola cellphones that they said could have benefited the Chinese military.
Jin had just returned from maternity leave, and her lawyers argued that she merely grabbed the files to refresh her technical knowledge after her long absence.
这里说，金是休产假后回来工作的。
During the trial, prosecutor Christopher Stetler told the court that Jin “led a double life” as a seemingly loyal company worker who was actually plotting to steal her employer’s secrets.
审判中检控人员说金过着双重生活，表面上是个忠于公司的职员，实际上谋划偷窃雇主的秘密。
Even before returning to Motorola to download files over several days in February 2007, prosecutors say Jin had already begun working for China-based Sun Kaisens, a telecommunications firm that government attorneys said develops products for China’s military.
Jin’s lawyers said prosecutors overvalued the technology in question, saying the walkie-talkie feature is no longer cutting edge and would have been of little military value.
金的辩护律师说，检控方过分吹嘘了技术含量，对讲机技术不是什么先进技术，在军事上几乎没有用处。
During Jin’s trial, a U.S. intelligence report was released that accused China of systematically stealing American high-tech data to the detriment of the U.S. economy.
The report from the U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive noted that out of seven cases related to the U.S. Economic Espionage Act in 2010, six were linked to China. It also contended Chinese intelligence or companies bent on pilfering corporate secrets often seek out Chinese citizens or those with family ties to China.
