April 20, 2023
A Texas federal judge granted a request from a Chinese-born engineer for separate trials on charges of export violations and tax fraud, saying the tax allegations aren't sufficiently connected to claims that he improperly took a work laptop with sensitive military information to China.
April 07, 2023
The federal government on Friday pushed against a Chinese-born engineer's contention that anti-China rhetoric warranted separate trials on export violation and tax fraud charges against him, telling a Texas judge that evidence for the charges was inextricably intertwined.
March 28, 2023
A Chinese-born engineer accused of scheming with his wife to poach business from a U.S. Department of Defense contractor while in its employ has asked a Texas judge for separate trials on charges of export violations and tax fraud, citing the risk of spillover prejudice at a time when "anti-Chinese biases and racism have been on the rise."
March 14, 2023
A Texas federal judge dismissed wire fraud charges Tuesday against a Chinese couple accused of scheming to poach business from a U.S. Department of Defense contractor.
August 16, 2022
An engineer has pressed a Texas federal court to throw out fraud charges over an alleged scheme to steal a research firm's business, saying federal prosecutors overreached by charging him with fraud for what he calls a "routine" private omission to his boss.
April 13, 2022
A Texas couple who own and operate an engineering consulting firm were arrested Tuesday, and charged with export violations and fraud stemming from an alleged scheme in which they purportedly stole business from a rival research and development company.