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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by crispyambulance on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:05AM (#17318878)
It is a stretch. We're talking about a bunch of people in a failing company going to work for a competitor so they can continue their careers. Happens all the time and there's nothing wrong with it. Unfortunately, some aggressive entity in Jawbone has gotten busy filing lawsuits, there was one in 2016 against the same people that failed.

I don't see what good it does NOW to go after these individuals criminally, nor is there mention on who has been pushing this. Jawbone was liquidated in 2017. Who, actually, cares at this point? What do they stand to gain with these charges?

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Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by pc86 on Friday June 15, 2018 @08:44AM (#17319332)
> What do they stand to gain with these charges?

A federal prosecutor gets to beef up their numbers by getting some well paid tech workers to settle out of court for a few years salary spread over a few decades of payments.

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