Former Apple Engineer Caught Fleeing to China Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets By Editor – Wed Aug 24, 1:30 pm A former Apple engineer who was accused of stealing computer files with trade secrets about Apple’s car division and was caught attempting to flee the country to Communist China pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court this week. Read the original here: Former Apple Engineer Caught Fleeing to China Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets