Hytera Communications Corp. admitted to recruiting and hiring former Motorola Solutions employees and directing them to steal digital mobile radio technology.

Hytera Communications Corporation Limited has entered a felony guilty plea and executed a plea agreement to address the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal prosecution of Hytera for misappropriation and theft of confidential trade secrets and proprietary information belonging to Motorola Solutions.

A Chinese telecommunications company admitted in federal court that it conspired to steal mobile radio technology developed by Motorola, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Hytera Communications Corp.

Hytera could pay a fine of up to $60 million at sentencing in November. The Shenzhen, China-based company was previously ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a lawsuit Motorola Solutions filed for stealing trade secrets.

A Chinese telecommunications company has admitted in federal court in Chicago that it conspired to steal digital mobile

Chinese company guilty of trade secret theft A Chinese telecommunications company pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to conspiring to steal technology from Illinois-based Motorola Solutions. According to a news release from the U.