Chinese Man Accused of Theft for Huawei Pleads to Reduced Charge
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A Chinese professor who was accused of stealing trade secrets for Huawei Technologies Co. pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and will be allowed to return to China after he is sentenced later this month.
Bo Mao, a computer science professor at Xiamen University in China and a visiting professor at the University of Texas, pleaded guilty to a single count of making a false statement. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, agreed to dismiss more serious counts of conspiracy and trade-secrets theft.