Ex-Apple employee charged with stealing car tech for China; is now exec at Baidu’s self-driving car JV

Apple has been rumoured to be working on a self-driving car for years. It is said to be one of the biggest projects that the iPhone maker is working on. The company has reportedly hired several senior resources from the auto industry, including from some of the biggest names. Now a former employee of Apple named Weibao Wang has been accused of stealing some of that technology for a Chinese self-driving car company. Incidentally, he is the third Apple employee to be accused of stealing autonomous trade secrets for China.

According to Reuters and several company profiles, Wang is now an executive at Jidu, an electric vehicle joint venture between Chinese internet company Baidu and Chinese car maker Geely.

DOJ ruling: Wang stole car tech trade secrets from Apple
According to the DOJ indictment, Apple hired Wang to work as a software engineer beginning in March 2016.