Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), sent his lawyers to a court hearing in which two former employees requested that their electronic monitoring bracelets be deactivated. They are under strict monitoring by the authorities until the start of a trial in which they are accused of stealing industrial secrets from Apple regarding the project for the development of an autonomous and intelligent car.
Apple fears that if the monitoring bracelets of these employees are deactivated, they will flee to China with the secrets they have stolen. Apple has asked the judges to continue to monitor them so that escape is impossible, and a decision will be made soon.
One of Apple's former employees was arrested at the San Jose airport just as he was rushing to leave the US for China, so it's clear why Apple is afraid. Although the other employee was arrested at home by federal agents from the FBI, Apple fears that he too might try to flee the country quickly.
Apple Inc told a federal court on Monday it has "deep concerns" that two former employees in China accused of stealing trade secrets from the company will try to flee their trials if their whereabouts are not monitored. "
It is enough for the employees to have moved to a Chinese embassy to become impossible to arrest by the authorities, and those at Apple know this. Apple has been suffering from the theft of industrial secrets for years, iPhones being the most affected, but now things are reaching its car as well.
