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Immediately after the indictment, Zhu and Kimbara’s lawyers released a statement in which they were quick to point out that the government had dropped the most serious charges—conspiracy and theft of trade secrets—on the grounds that they were untruthful. If the couple had been convicted of these charges, they would probably have received an additional 15 years imprisonment and $500,000 in fines...
During his freshman year, he was written up in the MIT student newspaper, The Tech, for his involvement in the theft of a paw from the costume of MIT mascot Tim the Beaver. When an MIT sophomore removed part of the costume to climb on the John Harvard statue, a Harvard student stole the paw, which was mysteriously found in Gilligan’s Holworthy suite. The MIT newspaper chronicled attempts to recover the paw alternately through force and subterfuge...
Kouskalis said he filed an insurance claim with Harvard. He also said that his stolen credit card and jewerly were found behind a washing machine in Leverett G Tower the night of the theft...
After Kouskalis reported the theft, an HUPD officer unpropped approximately ten doors, according to Kouskalis, who said he saw a copy of the police report...
...another case, the Court ruled against the Internet file-sharing service Grokster, pleasing the entertainment industry which argued that the technology encouraged theft of intellectual property. In the press case, New York Times reporter Judith Miller and Time correspondent Matthew Cooper have refused to tell a grand jury about their interviews with confidential sources in a case involving the leak of an undercover CIA operative's identity. A hearing in the case is scheduled Wednesday in federal district court in Washington, and the two reporters could face prison any time after that...