Chinese Theft o’ the Day: LG Plasma Technology

March 05th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

Prosecutors in Seoul, Korea, indicted an ex-LG employee for spying for a Chinese company in a case they say cost the South Korean economy more than $1 BILLION. The Chinese company, Changhong-Orion PDP-Chaihong, reportedly paid the LG manager $300,000 per year, an apartment and a car (he was still collecting his

LG salary) in exchange for copying 1,182 files from the LG network and giving it to the Chinese company. The company thereupon used that stolen details to copy LG’s plasma display panel production technology. Changhong-Orion PDP-Chaihong plans to start making plasma panels with the stolen technology starting in December.

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