Biswamohan Pani
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Biswamohan Pani is a former design engineer at Intel. In November 2008 he has been charged with stealing $1 billion worth of trade secrets from Intel while he worked for its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). [1] [2] The information he apparently obtained is believed to be related to Intel's next-generation Itanium microprocessor. [1] "If convicted, Pani could face 10 years in prison for the theft charge and up to 20 years on each wire fraud charge." [1] This incident shed light, according to BusinessWeek, on the vulnerability of Intel, one of the world's biggest and most sophisticated technology companies. [3]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Anastasia Tubanos, Intel Employee Charged with Theft , theWHIR.com, November 7, 2008.
- ^ Jason Ryan, Man Charged in $1B Intel Trade Secrets Case, ABC News, November 6, 2008.
- ^ Michael Orey, Lessons from Intel's Trade-Secret Case, BusinessWeek, November 18, 2008. Consulted on April 19, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Former Intel Employee Indicted for Stealing More than $1 Billion of Trade Secrets at the U.S. Department of Justice (November 5, 2008)
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