US man sentenced for conspiring to steal GE secrets for China

The General Electric logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on June 26, 2018. [VOA]

A New York man was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric Co.'s trade secrets to benefit China, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial that ended in March last year, according to the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino also sentenced Zheng to pay a $7,500 fine and serve one year of post-imprisonment supervised release.