Chung

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

I. INTRODUCTION

The United States of America (the “Government”) charged Defendant Dongfan “Greg” Chung with one count of acting as a foreign agent, one count of conspiring to violate the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (“EEA”), six counts of violating the EEA, one count of making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and one count of obstructing justice. After conducting a ten-day bench trial in this matter, the Court finds Mr. Chung guilty on all counts except for the count of obstructing justice.

Mr. Chung has been an agent of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) for over thirty years. Under the direction and control of the PRC, Mr. Chung misappropriated sensitive aerospace and military information belonging to his employer, The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), to assist the PRC in developing its own programs. To accomplish his mission, Mr. Chung kept over 300,000 pages of documents reflecting Boeing’s trade secret and proprietary information in his home. Mr. Chung sent information that he misappropriated to the PRC through the mail, sea freight, a Chinese agent named Chi Mak, and even the Chinese consulate. On several occasions,…