Monday, January 19, 2004
Two executives from Taiwanese chip designer Via Technologies Inc. appeared in court on Monday and denied charges that they sent an employee to steal test simulation software from a local firm.
Late in 2003 prosecutors accused Via chairwoman Cher Wang and her husband, Wenchi Chen, the firm's president, of sending the employee to work at D-Link Corp. to obtain the software.
Monday Wang told reporters at the Taipei District Court that D-Link is customer rather than a rival and that it was not possible that Via could steal from a customer, according to the report, which adds that Wang's father is Wang Yung-ching, who leads the Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate.
"There were a few coincidences and misunderstandings, but we definitely did not do anything wrong," the report quotes Wang's husband as saying.
Jeffrey Chang, the employee accused of spying, testified that he didn't steal from D-Link.
If found guilty, Wang and Chen could be sentenced to four years in prison, while Chang could be sentenced to three years, the report said, citing court officials.
D-Link, which discovered the alleged theft in August 2001, had only wanted to proceed against Chang, but the investigation was opened up to include Via executives by the prosecutors, the report said, quoting a D-Link official.
By: DocMemory
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