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Former Google engineer accused of stealing trade secrets could be con artist, US judge says

By Amy Miller ( January 24, 2026, 02:03 GMT | Insight) -- A former Google software engineer on trial for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to supercomputing data centers to help China could be a con artist who never believed he could replicate the company’s technology, a US judge in San Francisco said. “That seems quite plausible, based on the evidence so far,” he said.A former Google software engineer on trial for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to supercomputing data centers to help China could be a con artist who never believed he could replicate the company’s technology, a US judge in San Francisco said Friday....

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