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* Suspect worked at Ford from 1997 through early 2007
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A Chinese engineer arrestedon suspicion of stealing Ford Motor Co. (F.N) trade secretswill likely face additional charges after more secret data wasfound on his computer, U.S. prosecutors said this week.
Xiang Dong Yu was arrested last month when he arrived atChicago's O'Hare International Airport from China on chargesthat he stole thousands of secret documents detailing Forddesigns that prosecutors say were worth millions of dollars.
In court papers filed in Michigan this week, prosecutorssaid that FBI agents seized a laptop Yu had when he arrived anddiscovered more Ford trade secret design documents as well asconfidential documents from a company they did not identify.
"Based on what was recovered from the defendant's la...
