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disappointing results, management departures and now industrial espionage. HTC saw a bad pass.

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Concerns succeed HTC. While the manufacturer records tawainais disappointing results for several quarters and it faced departures series within his staff, is now on the legal ground that he must fight. Three of its leaders were arrested on 30 August 2013 for theft of trade secrets and fraud Thomas Chien, vice president of product design, research and development director Wu Chien-Hung Huang and Justin, one of the frames research activity and innovation. This information was confirmed by the deputy prosecutor of Taipei.

The first two were held in custody while the third part was released on bail. The arrests were carried out after a complaint from HTC last month. Specifically, the three men are believed to be the source of leaks of confidential information to Chinese firms. One of them was caught downloading files in relation to the next user interface, Sense 6.0. The three arrested leaders have been planning to launch a mobile company design, drawing on internal documents. They have also used a dummy outside company to introduce a bill of 253,000 euros to HTC and then split the money.

HTC did not wish to comment on the report, simply ensuring that the investigation will remain without consequences for its business. The company is merely recalled in a statement that “it expects its employees high integrity. Protect the intellectual property of the company is one of the fundamental responsibilities of employees and will not tolerate any violation of this rule. “

This is a matter which does not help the financial health of HTC: the Taipei stock exchange, its action has been dropped 6%

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