Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands were charged on Feb. 19 with allegedly conspiring to steal trade secrets related to the company’s Tensor processor used in its Pixel phones.
The defendants—Samaneh Ghandali, 41, her husband Mohammadjavad Khosravi, also known as Mohammad Khosravi, 40, and Soroor Ghandali, 32—made their first court appearances last week in San Jose, California, according to the Justice Department.
If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of up to 130 years in prison for 13 counts of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, and up to 20 years in prison for obstruction of official proceedings. They also each face a fine of $250,000 for each criminal count brought against them….
Ex-Google Engineers Charged With Stealing Phone Processor Secrets to Send to Iran
