Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Three Silicon Valley engineers have been indicted on federal charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and two other companies and sending them to Iran.
Samaneh Ghandali, 41, Mohammadjavad Khosravi, 40, and Soroor Ghandali, 32, all of San Jose, are facing charges of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice. They were arrested Thursday and are scheduled to appear in court Friday, a Department of Justice press release said.
If convicted, each could serve up to 10 years in prison for each trade secret charge and up to 20 years for obstruction of justice, along with fines of up to $250,000 per charge.
Samaneh and Soroor Ghandali are sisters, and Khosravi is married to Samaneh. Soroor was in the United States on a student visa, Samaneh is a naturalized U.S. citizen and Khosravi is a legal permanent resident, the release said.
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