Thursday, September 29, 2011

You will never be able to cover up your criminal activity enough to avoid prosecution for your criminal activities.




http://www.cswap.com/1989/Fat_Man_and_Little_Boy/cap/en/2_Parts/a/00_51

Fat Man and Little Boy


:51:25
See the tread on that tire?
Because I sure as hell don't.

:51:29
Yet that's what my men
are riding around on.

:51:32
I don't know what kind of deal
you got yourself into, Groves,

:51:36
but I do care when it cuts
in on my territory.

:51:38
If I'm gonna move supplies around
the country, I need trucks.

:51:42
Those trucks run on tires, Dick.

:51:44
When I hear they ain't moving because
of some tire shortage, I get mad.

:51:48
When I hear you're the cause
of it, I want to kill.

:51:51
- We gotta work something...
- No dice. We got a triple-A priority.

:51:55
White House authority.
We need the product.

:52:01
You need to know something.

:52:03
You're getting a lot
of people's backs up.

:52:06
Let me remind you of something else.
See this?

:52:08
I count two. You got one.

:52:10
When this war's over,
that will amount to something.

:52:17
And, Dick, I hope you get my meaning.

:52:20
Because, by all that's holy...

:52:23
...you better have
your ass well-covered.










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Espionage_Act

Economic Espionage Act of 1996

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. § 1831–1839) makes the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime. Unlike Espionage, which is governed by Title 18 U.S. Code Sections 792 - 799, the offense involves commercial information, not classified or national defense information.

This law contains two sections criminalizing two sorts of activity. The first, 18 U.S.C. § 1831(a), criminalizes the misappropriation of trade secrets (including conspiracy to misappropriate trade secrets and the subsequent acquisition of such misappropriated trade secrets) with the knowledge or intent that the theft will benefit a foreign power. Penalties for violation are fines of up to US$500,000 per offense and imprisonment of up to 15 years for individuals, and fines of up to US$10 million for organizations,

The second section, 18 U.S.C. § 1832, criminalizes the misappropriation of trade secrets related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate (including international) commerce, with the knowledge or intent that the misappropriation will injure the owner of the trade secret. Penalties for violation of section 1832 are imprisonment for up to 10 years for individuals (no fines) and fines of up to US$5 million for organizations.

In addition to these specific penalties, section 1834 of the EEA also requires criminal forfeiture of (1) any proceeds of the crime and property derived from proceeds of the crime and (2) any property used, or intended to be used, in commission of the crime.





http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00001832----000-.html

U.S. Code

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 90 > § 1832

§ 1832. Theft of trade secrets

(a) Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate or foreign commerce, to the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the offense will, injure any owner of that trade secret, knowingly—

(1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception obtains such information;

(2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or conveys such information;

(3) receives, buys, or possesses such information, knowing the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted without authorization;

(4) attempts to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or

(5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy