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Company: United Microelectronics Corporation, Inc.
Penalty: $60,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: theft of trade secrets
Violation Description: United Microelectronics Corporation, Inc., a Taiwan semiconductor foundry, pleaded guilty to criminal trade secret theft and was sentenced to pay a $60 million fine, in exchange for its agreement to cooperate with the government in the investigation and prosecution of its co-defendant, a Chinese state-owned-enterprise.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department National Security Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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