Former Engineer For Global Medical Technology Corporation Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets From New Jersey Employer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 5, 2013 |
TNEWARK, N.J. – A former engineer for global medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was arrested this morning by special agents of the FBI at a hotel in Ramsey, N.J., disrupting his alleged plan to relocate to India with trade secrets he stole from the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Ketankumar Maniar, a/k/a “Ketan Maniar,” 36, an Indian national recently of Mahwah, N.J., is charged by complaint with theft of trade secrets for his own economic benefit. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannion in Newark federal court to face the charge.
