Ex-Intel Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Design Documents

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A former Intel Corp. engineer accused of stealing $1 billion worth of information from the chipmaker to advance his career with a competitor pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges.

Biswamohan Pani, 36, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, today admitted to stealing “valuable computer chip manufacturing and design documents from his former employer,” according a U.S. Justice Department statement. He pleaded guilty to five fraud counts before U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Worcester, Massachusetts, the government said.