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Description: Savannah, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets and Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.
Gilbert Basaldua, age 63, from Hilton Head, South Carolina, worked as a numerical control engineer contractor for an aircraft manufacturer in the Southern District from October 2016 through November 2018. During that time, Basaldua conspired with his co-conspirators to steal valuable proprietary aircraft wing designs and anti-icing testing information from various aircraft manufacturers, including the company where Basaldua worked. The conspirators intended to use the stolen information to quicken the process of obtaining Federal Aviation Administration certification for another company’s product.
Basaldua was on trial on the charges in September 2021 when he pled guilty during the second day of testimony.
“Theft is theft, whether it’s a bag full of cash or a digital file holding specialized design information – and Gilbert Basaldua and his co-conspirators are thieves,” said U.S. Attorney Estes. “This sentence will hold him accountable for attempting to enrich himself by stealing valuable information from a private company.”
“Basaldua and his co-conspirators betrayed the trust placed in them by their employers for outright greed,” said Keri Farley, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “The FBI will continue to work with our partners to stop people who are out to illegally enrich themselves.”
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted for the United States by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer G. Solari.
18 U.S.C. §1832(a)(5) Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets
(1ss)
18 U.S.C. §2314 Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property
(2ss)
Outcome: Defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the USBOP for a total term of 80 months; supervised release for a total term of 3 years; standard/special conditions of supervision; assessment of $200.00
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