• Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have beenindictedin the U.S. • for allegedly committing trade secret theft from the search giant and other tech firms and transferring the information to unauthorized locations, including Iran. • Samaneh Ghandali, 41, and her husband Mohammadjavad Khosravi (aka Mohammad Khosravi), 40, along with her sister Soroor Ghandali, 32, have been accused of conspiring to commit trade secret theft from Google and other leading technology companies, theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice. • The three defendants, all Iranian nationals and residing in San Jose, were arrested on Thursday and made their initial appearances in federal district court in the California city. • According to the U.S. • Department of Justice (DoJ), the Ghandali sisters worked at Google before joining another technology company identified as Company 3.
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- Three former Google employees-Samaneh Ghandali (41), her sister Soroor Ghandali (32), and their husband Mohammadjavad Khosravi (40)-have been indicted in U.S. federal court for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech firms and transferring the information to unauthorized locations, including Iran. The defendants, all Iranian nationals living in San Jose, were arrested Thursday and charged with conspiracy, theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice. The indictment claims they used their roles in mobile processor development to exfiltrate documents on processor security and cryptography, then concealed the theft with false affidavits and data deletion. Google said it had revoked Ghandali’s access after detecting the activity and has tightened safeguards.
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