DETROIT -- A Foxconn worker is being accused of stealing trade secrets from his former employer -- Ford.

Xiang Dong Yu, who goes by the English name of Mike Yu, is said to have downloaded certain documents pertaining to system design specifications for an engine and transmission mounting subsystem, electrical distribution system, electric power supply, electrical subsystem and generic body module, while he was a worker with the company. Yu resigned from Ford on Jan. 2, 2007.

He is in federal custody in Chicago following his arrest in Chicago after he exited a flight from China.

Yu worked for Ford from 1997 to 2007, according to the indictment. He later worked for Foxconn PCE Industry and Beijing Automotive Corp., neither of which is cited for wrongdoing.

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