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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by IncRnd on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:39AM (#17317905)
Yes, I understood it to be a legitimate question. That is why I gave a legitimate answer. The difference between civil and criminal theft is where there is a criminal statute covering the theft that the prosecutor believes was broken.
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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by function_seven on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:04AM (#17317992)
I'm not sure what petty theft has to do with any of this, though. That's also a crime, and isn't related to the question of whether this issue is a criminal one or purely civil.
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