Canadian accused of using Tesla tech to start China-based company released on bail in U.S.

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A Canadian entrepreneur in China accused of stealing battery manufacturing technology from Tesla has been released on bail in the United States.

Drivers charge their Teslas in Santa Ana, Calif., on March 20, 2024.

Pflugbeil was arrested on March 19 on Long Island, N.Y., after he allegedly sent multiple trade secrets to an undercover agent. He is accused of travelling to Nassau County, N.Y., believing he would meet with businesspeople who were actually undercover federal law enforcement agents, according to U.S. prosecutors in a press release that day.

They built their business using a U.S. electric vehicle company's "sensitive and proprietary information," marketing it as a replacement for the products, according to the release from prosecutors. Gas prices went up in Edmonton on Monday after the province reinstated its fuel tax and the federal government increased its carbon price.A national school food program touted Monday by the federal government that will be included in its spring budget on April 16 is expected to feed an additional 50,000 children in Alberta, says an Edmonton-area MP and cabinet minister.

After a vehicle failed to stop for police in Kirkland Lake, Ont., a massive search for four suspects ended with arrests more than 200 kilometres away in Field.A North Bay man has been found guilty of sexual assault in connection with an incident almost a decade ago involving a young victim.OPP officers are investigating a crash involving a mini-van and horse-drawn carriage that sent several people, including children, to the hospital.

A British Columbia man who was previously convicted for the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after he tried to watch a woman shower at a community pool on Vancouver Island.While the cost of living is already rising for many B.C. residents, some expenses became even more steep as of April 1.

 

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