Vince Chhabria
Coverage of Vince Chhabria in the Nexus archive.
- Judge denies acquittal for ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets
A federal judge denied a motion for acquittal or a new trial for Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets related to Google’s artificial intelligence technology for Chinese companies. The judge ruled that the government provided sufficient evidence to prove Ding’s intent to benefit himself and a Chinese company by stealing proprietary information, upholding the jury’s conviction on 14 counts of theft and economic espionage.
- Judge skeptical of Chinese economic espionage charges in ex-Google engineer’s AI secrets case
A federal judge expressed skepticism about economic espionage charges against a former Google software engineer accused of stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese companies, questioning whether intent to benefit China was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge highlighted a disconnect between the defendant's actions in 2022-2023 and evidence of his intent to collaborate with Chinese entities in 2023.