The High-Stakes World of Corporate Espionage: Lessons from the Tesla Trade Secret Theft
🚓 A man named Klaus Pflugbeil was arrested in March for allegedly stealing Tesla trade secrets. 📄 Pflugbeil worked with Yilong Shao of Ningbo, China, to sell stolen trade secrets from Tesla. 🏭 Both men were previously employed by Hibar Systems, a battery manufacturer acquired by Tesla in 2019. 🇨🇳 After Hibar’s acquisition, the duo…