Beijing Dabeinong Chairman’s Wife Charged With Seed Theft
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The wife of Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Chairman Shao Genhuo was arrested and charged in the U.S. for her alleged role in a conspiracy to steal proprietary corn seed from U.S. companies.
Mo Yun is accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets from 2007 to 2013, U.S. prosecutors in Des Moines, Iowa, said today in a statement. She is the sister of Mo Hailong, director of international business for the company, also known as DBN Group, according to the statement. Mo Hailong was arrested in December on allegations he and others conspired to ship stolen inbred corn-seed to China.