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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2020
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Checked
Lei Gao
Lei Gao, a Chinese national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2020. He is wanted in connection with charges that include robbery or theft.
He is described as 1.73 m tall, weighing about 82 kg, with black eyes and black hair. Born on 25 January 1975 in China, he would now be 51.
- Robbery, theft or burglary
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy to Commit Theft and Possession of Trade Secrets
- Receiving and Buying Trade Secrets and Aiding and Abetting
- Attempted Receiving and Buying Trade Secrets
Case details, as published by FBI
Lei Gao (also known as "Jason") is wanted for conspiracy and theft of trade secrets. Between 2019 and 2020, Gao and others allegedly utilized a scheme to obtain trade secrets from a Houston-based manufacturer of advanced coiled tubing, resulting in economic harm to the victim company. It is also alleged that Gao and others utilized the stolen trade secrets to assist in the development of an advanced coiled tubing product which they introduced to the market for sale in 2020. Gao left the United States in 2019 and has not returned. He is believed to be residing in China. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Lei Gao on October 29, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Texas, after he was charged with conspiracy to commit theft and possession of trade secrets, receiving and buying trade secrets and aiding and abetting, and attempted receiving and buying trade secrets.
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