A former Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) engineer, Zhang Xiaolang, has been sentenced to four months in prison for stealing trade secrets from the company. The stolen information was intended for a Chinese electric car startup. What Happened: Zhang, who pleaded guilty to a single count of trade-secret theft in August 2022, was accused of downloading a 25-page Apple document containing schematic drawings of a circuit board design for an autonomous vehicle, reported Bloomberg. The document was downloaded to his wife’s computer as he prepared to join a Chinese startup specializing in electric cars with …
