Japan's Alps Alpine says ex-worker arrested on suspected trade secret leak (updated)
05/12/2023 07:24
(Recasts with Alps Alpine comment)
TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Japanese police have arrested a
former worker of Alps Alpine 6770.T on suspicion of stealing
trade secrets, the Japanese electronic components maker said on
Tuesday.
Alps Alpine said it had brought a criminal complaint against
the former employee after determining that the worker had stolen
information.
Kyodo News reported earlier that the arrested employee
was a Chinese man in his 30s who had left Alps Alpine for a job
at a major Japanese automaker, where he attempted to use the
stolen data.
Alps Alpine said in its statement that it would tighten
compliance, declining to provide further details about the case
citing ongoing police investigation.
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama
Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
((Satoshi.Sugiyama@thomsonreuters.com))