[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] An employee of Samsung Biologics (hereinafter referred to as Samsung Bio) was caught by the police while trying to take out hundreds of company data without permission.

The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 23rd that it is investigating Samsung Bio employee A on charges of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act and occupational breach of trust. A is accused of trying to take out 300 sheets of A4 paper from Samsung Bio's headquarters in Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, at 7 p.m. on December 13 last year. He was caught by security personnel while trying to sneak out of the company with the documents related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards and was arrested in the act.

Samsung Bio handed over A to the police and sued him for violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.

The police recently conducted a search and seizure at A's home and other places, and secured his PC for work to investigate the reasons for taking out the documents. The police plan to check whether the documents that A was trying to take out constitute industrial technology or trade secrets.

At Samsung Bio, employees who recently moved to competitors continued to be caught trying to steal trade secrets. Earlier, Samsung Bio filed an injunction to ban infringement of trade secrets against three employees who moved to Lotte Biologics, and in July last year, it was partially cited by the Incheon District Court.

Samsung Bio added, "We will continue to take strong legal action if any acts of leaking or infringing trade secrets are confirmed in the future."

 

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