, Hytera recruited and hired Malaysian Motorola Solutions employees from 2007 until 2020. In exchange, the employees received “higher salaries and benefits than what they received at Motorola”.
Hytera Communications Corp is a Chinese manufacturer of radio transceivers and radio systems—and a former distributor of Motorola Solutions products. The company was charged with 21 criminal counts, including conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. If convicted, Hytera would face a criminal fine of three times the value of the stolen trade secrets.
In February 2020, Motorola Solutions won a USD 764.6 million jury verdict in a trade secret theft and copyright infringement case against Hytera. It was found that Hytera used Motorola Solutions’ confidential documents and copyright-protected source code to compete in the market for walkie-talkies.
This US DOJ accusation overlaps with time when MH370 disappeared enroute to China also with a controversial Motorola shipment onboard .. 🤔