Former Samsung Exec Allegedly Stole Plans for an Entire Chip Plant

Former Samsung Exec Allegedly Stole Plans for an Entire Chip Plant South Korean prosecutors have arrested a former Samsung Electronics executive. The unnamed ex-exec, taken into custody last month, is charged with stealing trade secrets and attempting to use that information to build a new, copycat chip plant in China. The Suwon District Prosecutor's Office announced its indictment of the unidentified 65-year-old defendant in a Monday statement, according to numerous reports. Gizmodo reached out to the prosecutor's office for independent confirmation and comment, as well as Samsung's press office, but did not hear back by publication time. The former tech…