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A professor at the University of California at Los Angeles faces a maximum sentence of 219 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of trafficking tokens containing military applications in China.
Yi-Chi Shih, an electrical engineer and adjunct professor at UCLA, was convicted last month by a Los Angeles jury, officials said in a statement this week. He was convicted of 18 counts of indictment, including charges of illegal export and fraud.
Shih and another defendant, Kiet Ahn Mai, reportedly collaborated to defraud a US chip maker. According to prosecutors, Mai's was presented as a potential client to obtain chip designs from the joint stock company, and then illegally sent the products to China.
In a statement, prosecutors said the chips had been sent to a Chinese company where Shih was president. He financed the project through a US-based bank account, funded by another company based in China.
The chips stolen in the frame "are used in missiles, missile guidance systems, fighter jets, electronic warfare, electronic warfare countermeasures and radar applications," the statement said.
Industrial espionage is a major divisive issue between the United States and China, a problem that has recently intensified on the eve of trade negotiations between the two countries. In the past, the United States has accused prominent Chinese companies, including Huawei, of stealing technology from US companies.
Shih's punishment will be determined at a later date.
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