Eastman Chemical Thief Sentenced For Stealing Trade Secrets

A Lansing, Michigan woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing trade secrets that belong to Kingsport’s Eastman Chemical Company. 59 year old Zowrong You will spend 168 months in prison, ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay a two hundred thousand dollar fine. Evidence shows, You stole valuable trade secrets and intended to use them to benefit not only a foreign country, but also the government of China. You worked as a packaging application development manager for Eastman until her arrest in 2018.