LOS ANGELES – (INT) – A Rancho Cucamonga man has drawn a 12 month prison term for illegally possessing sensitive technologies that ended up in the hands of the Chinese.

Federal prosecutors say that Liming Li, 66, downloaded information from his Southern California-based employers and used it to market his own company to a competing China-based company.

Li was a program manager who developed the source code for one of the company’s software programs, which was considered its proprietary information. His specialty was precision measuring instruments and metrological technology and equipment. The company designed and sold a range of products such as micrometers, calipers, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), and optical measurement systems.

A federal judge also fined Li approximately $14,000, and ordered him to pay an additional $17,000 in restitution.

Story Date: May 13, 2025