The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Jan. 3 that a third former scientist at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets to the tune of $1 billion to benefit a pharmaceutical company which was backed by Chinese regime funding.
A former resident of Malvern, Pennsylvania, Lucy Xi, 44, is the fourth person to plead guilty in the scheme that also involves former GSK scientists Tao Li and Yu Xue, Yu’s sister Tian Xue, and Yan Mei, to whom Xi was married.
According to the DOJ, Renopharma was created by Xi and her co-defendants in Nanjing, China, in order to research and develop anti-cancer drugs. Meanwhile, the three were also employed at GSK’s facility in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, where they developed biopharmaceutical products.
Prosecutors said they stole trade secrets from their employer to benefit Renopharma, using their positions at the company. Renopharma received financial support and subsidies from the Chinese regime.
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