Ex-Google tech worker is convicted of economic spying to benefit China

A federal jury has convicted a former Google tech engineer of economic espionage and theft of confidential artificial intelligence technology as part of a scheme to benefit China, federal justice officials announced on Thursday.

Linwei Ding, 38, who is also known as Leon Ding, was convicted by the jury after an 11-day trial in a federal court in the Bay Area, the U.S. Justice Department office in San Francisco announced Thursday.

The jury found Ding guilty on seven counts of economic...