USA v. Yu et al

  1. May 20, 2022

    ADI Lied About Breaking Export Law, Engineer On Trial Says

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer on trial for trade secrets theft says the semiconductor company engaged in the same alleged misconduct and then lied about it through its Quinn Emmanuel lawyer who was formerly acting U.S. attorney in Boston, an accusation the lawyer rejected Friday as "complete nonsense."

  2. May 05, 2022

    Engineer Hid Pilfered Chip Files As Pokémon Pics, Jury Told

    An Analog Devices Inc. engineer disguised valuable microchip schematics as image files named after Pokémon characters when he secretly sent the trade secrets to his personal computer to rip off the designs as his own, federal prosecutors told a Boston jury Thursday.

  3. March 28, 2022

    Ex-ADI Worker Can't Nix Fraud Counts From IP Theft Case

    A former employee at Analog Devices Inc. will have to defend against a series of fraud charges as part of a broader case accusing him of stealing the company's proprietary technology and using it to start his own business, after a judge on Monday declined to nix most of the counts.

  4. January 18, 2022

    Ex-ADI Worker Can't Split IP Theft, Immigration Charges

    A former Analog Devices Inc. employee will have to defend himself against both immigration and trade secrets theft charges during a March trial, a federal judge ruled from the bench Tuesday as he declined to split the case up.

  5. July 22, 2021

    Feds Asking Suspect About Kids 'Crossed Line,' Judge Says

    Federal agents "crossed the line" in invoking a suspect's children when questioning her about an alleged scheme to steal information from semiconductor company Analog Devices Inc., a Massachusetts federal judge said Thursday as he ruled that one statement from the interview can't be used as evidence.

  6. October 07, 2020

    Judge Says Ex-ADI Worker's Bias Claim Puts Onus On Feds

    A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday declined to rule out a former Analog Devices Inc. employee's claim that he was prosecuted for alleged trade secrets theft because he is of Chinese descent, at least until the government backs up its national security allegations with "proof."

  7. October 02, 2020

    Ex-ADI Employee, Wife Hit With New Charges In IP Theft Case

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday added new criminal charges against a former Analog Devices Inc. employee accused of stealing sensitive documents worth millions of dollars from the semiconductor company to develop copycat equipment.

  8. June 22, 2020

    Ex-ADI Employee Sees Anti-Chinese Bias In IP Theft Charges

    A former Analog Devices Inc. employee argued Monday that federal prosecutors illegally singled him out because he's of Chinese descent as he made a bid to dismiss charges that he stole the global semiconductor company's trade secrets and sold its designs as his own.