The Epoch Times A Swiss-based Chinese scientist was convicted for his role in a family conspiracy to steal trade secrets related to cancer drugs, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Xue Gongda, 52, a permanent resident of Switzerland with Chinese citizenship, was convicted in connection with a $10 billion scheme to steal cancer medications from his employer and rebrand them under his own biomedical company, U.S. Attorney Jennifer Williams announced on May 2.
According to a DOJ statement, Xue had worked as a scientist for the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Switzerland, which is affiliated with Novartis. His sister, Xue Yu, worked as a scientist at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Pennsylvania at the same time.
