A former scientist at a solar cell manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to several counts of wire fraud after he was charged under the Economic Espionage Act with stealing trade secrets with the intent of using them in China.
Tung Pham, who worked on developing improved chemical components in the competitive field of photovoltaic cell technology, was arrested shortly after quitting his job at Heraeus Materials Technology in Conshohocken, Pa., when the FBI searched his home and found thousands of company documents on his personal computer, including a valuable formula for a new kind of lead-free silver paste, according to the plea agreement filed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Pham had altered the formula that was left on his company computer, according to the plea agreement.
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