# Former Google Engineer Sentenced to Just Under a Year for Stealing AI Chip Infrastructure Secrets

Judge Vince Chhabria vacated all seven economic-espionage convictions before sentencing, ruling prosecutors never proved Linwei Ding intended to benefit the Chinese state.

- Published: 2026-09-03T06:26:17.363Z
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A federal court in San Francisco sentenced Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer, to 12 months minus one day in prison followed by two years of supervised release, with roughly $190,000 in restitution and a $2,500 fine. A January jury had c…

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