China-based man arrested for stealing trade secrets from Tesla electric car and conspiring to sell them

AUTOMOTIVE — Two men have been accused of starting a business in China by stealing trade secrets from electric car manufacturer Tesla and conspiring to sell them to undercover law enforcement officers, US federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. A 58-year-old Canadian citizen who lives in Ningbo, China, was arrested in New York's Long Island, where he had traveled for a meeting with undercover agents whom he had believed were businesspeople, prosecutors said... dw.com