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Man in his 60s jailed for leaking company secrets after being fired

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • The Suwon District Court sentenced a man in his 60s to six months in prison for leaking trade secrets and deleting company files after learning he would be fired.
  • He copied confidential material from a company laptop to an external hard drive and deleted 1,609 work-related files.
  • The judge did not order his immediate detention, citing his age and allowing more time for a settlement and damage recovery.

A man in his 60s received a six-month prison sentence after leaking his former employer’s trade secrets and deleting company files following notice of his dismissal.

The Suwon District Court’s Criminal Division 14 found him guilty of violating laws protecting trade secrets, occupational breach of trust and damaging electronic records. The judge, Kang Young-sun, did not have him detained in court, citing his age and allowing more time for a settlement and recovery of damages.

The company carries out mechanical equipment and gas construction work. The man worked there for one year from March 2022 and handled a project to build a solid refuse fuel production plant in an area of Indonesia.

After receiving notice of his dismissal in April 2023, he allegedly copied trade secrets stored on the company laptop provided for his work onto an external hard drive without authorization. He also deleted 1,609 work-related files belonging to the company.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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