Tragic the Workers Sell Firms Secrets Abroad. Business Ideas, That is about five years Mr. Huang was a scientist and fired in 2008. Mr. Huang that who was born in China and is a legal United States resident, faces a rare criminal charge — that he engaged in economic espionage on China’s behalf. Prosecutors say it is difficult to prove links to a foreign government, but intelligence officials say China, Russia and Iran are among the countries pushing hardest to obtain the latest technologies.

Another example about this case is at Motorola, court records show that Ms. Jin, the software engineer, downloaded company documents during two sick leaves and tapped into the company’s computers from China, where, prosecutors say, she met with a company linked to the Chinese military. Ms. Jin, a naturalized United States citizen who was born in China, says she is not guilty, and is awaiting trial in Illinois.

The final decides about last week, a judge denied Mr. Huang’s request for bail. He is awaiting trial in federal custody in Indiana.