【芝加哥侨学网述评】芝加哥期货交易所（CME）华裔高级软件工程师杨春来涉嫌盗窃商业机密案，6日首开庭审，庭审期间检控陈词暴露全球著名通讯社路透社（Reuters）7月2日有关此案的报道中存在不顾事实的明显误导。
检控方6日向法官陈述案情时，提到了杨春来预定了7月7日前往中国上海、7月17日从北京返回美国的双程机票（round trip tickets）这一事实。
而路透社在7月2日报道中提及“杨已经预定了前往中国的单程机票”（Yang had made reservations for a one-way flight to China），其言下之意就是杨春来就没打算回美国了。
这里存在明显的误导性倾向，但检控方6日在北部伊州联邦地区法庭上陈词，却推翻了这个说法，杨春来定的是双程机票，人家7月17日还要从北京回来的。
路透社的误导性说法，虽然指明了是来自FBI官方，但本网查阅了 FBI 对新闻机构公布的官方文件，相关说法是：“It was also determined that YANG had booked travel to China on a commercial airline flight, scheduled to depart from O’Hare International Airport on July 7th.” 说法中并未指出这个前往中国的机票是单程机票。
杨春来是7月1日上午FBI逮捕的，笔者查阅了7月2日主流媒体的报道，截止目前，笔者发现有关“杨春来订了前往中国的单程机票”的说法，唯路透社一家。Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, ABC 7 Chicago 电视等，在报道此案时候均未指明杨春来的机票是单程的。
不知道路透社“单程机票”说法的消息来源到底是什么？是另有秘密消息来源，还是纯属追求耸人听闻的杜撰？如果是后者，那么路透社的声誉将蒙羞。 （芝加哥侨学网）
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1，路透社7月2日有关杨春来案的报道：
CME programmer with Chinese ties charged with theft
CHICAGO | Sat Jul 2, 2011 6:08am IST
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/02/idINIndia-58048420110702
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A CME Group computer programmer with Chinese ties was charged on Friday with stealing trade secrets in a scheme to set up a Chinese exchange, the FBI said.
Chunlai Yang, a 49-year-old Chinese national with U.S. citizenship, was arraigned in U.S. District Court on federal charges of stealing proprietary source code, according to the FBI.
Yang's employer since 2000 was described only as "Company A" in an FBI agent's affidavit explaining the charges, but the CME confirmed Yang worked there and was terminated after the possible wrong-doing was discovered.
"The company has found no evidence that customer information, trading data or required regulatory information was compromised," the CME said in a statement. CME Group operates several prominent derivatives exchanges including the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
According to the FBI, Yang had access to the company's proprietary software for electronic trading systems and had downloaded files to his office computer he was not supposed to have.
Yang, who has a PhD in physics, had transferred some of those files to external devices known as "flash drives" or "thumb drives," the FBI said. CME's security staff provided the FBI with snapshots of Yang's computer screen to document the theft.
Last year, email traffic showed Yang was in touch with three unnamed Chinese individuals, one of whom worked for the logistics and trade bureau of the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone.
Yang and the other individuals were the sole shareholders and officers of a Hong Kong firm named East China Technology Innovation Park Company Limited, with Yang shown to have invested $118,182.
The company's goals, according to the emails cited in the affidavit, was to increase trading volume at the Zhangjiagang chemical electronic trading market, to set up a leading futures exchange in China, and to sell trading software. Yang was described as the lead technical person.
Yang had made reservations for a one-way flight to China, due to leave Chicago on July 7, and had asked for corresponding vacation time from his job, the FBI affidavit said.
(Reporting by Andrew Stern; Editing by Gary Hill)
2. FBI 有关杨春来案对媒体公布的文件：
Libertyville Man Arrested for Theft of Trade Secrets from CME Group
FBI Chicago July 02, 2011
http://www.fbi.gov/chicago/press-releases/2011/libertyville-man-arrested-for-theft-of-trade-secrets-from-cme-group
* Special Agent Ross Rice (312) 829-1199
— filed under: Press Release
A 49-year-old Libertyville resident, who was employed as a senior software engineer with the Chicago based CME Group, was arrested yesterday after being charged with theft of trade secrets. The arrest was announced today by Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Beginning in May of this year, CME security personnel began monitoring YANG’s computer activity. They discovered that thousands of files had been downloaded to his computer, and some were then copied to removable storage devices, such as thumb drives. Many of the downloaded files were critical to the operation of the CME group and are considered proprietary in nature and contain protected source code.
Subsequent investigation by the FBI determined that YANG had also been in e-mail contact with the assistant director of the Logistics and Trade Bureau for the Zhangiagang Free Trade Zone. One of the e-mails sent by YANG contained an attachment, which was a CME document containing protected source code and proprietary information.
It was also determined that YANG had booked travel to China on a commercial airline flight, scheduled to depart from O’Hare International Airport on July 7th.
YANG appeared before Magistrate Judge Michael T. Mason in Chicago, late yesterday, at which time he was formally charged. YANG was ordered held without bond, pending his next court appearance, which is scheduled for Wednesday, July 6th. Until then, YANG will be housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. If convicted of the charge pending against him, YANG faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years’ incarceration, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Copies of the criminal complaints filed in this case are available from the Chicago FBI’s press office at (312) 829-1199.
3，Chicago Sun Times 有关杨春来案件的报道：
FBI holds Libertyville man on theft of trade secrets
News-Sun staff report July 2, 2011 12:40PM
Updated: July 4, 2011 2:20AM
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/6305356-418/fbi-holds-libertyville-man-on-theft-of-trade-secrets.html
A 49-year old Libertyville resident, who was employed as a senior software engineer with the Chicago-based CME Group, remains in federal custody today after being charged with theft of trade secrets.
Chunlai Yang, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, was taken into custody Friday morning at his CME office, 550 W. Washington St., Chicago, without incident, by FBI special agents. Yang was charged in a criminal complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of Theft of Trade Secrets, a felony offense.
According to the complaint, Yang has been employed at the CME since 2000, and is responsible for writing computer code. Beginning in May this year, CME security personnel began monitoring Yang’s computer activity. They discovered that thousands of files had been downloaded to his computer, and some were then copied to removable storage devices, such as “thumb drives.” Many of the downloaded files were critical to the operation of the CME Group and are considered proprietary in nature and contain protected source code.
Subsequent investigation by the FBI determined that Yang had also been in email contact with the assistant director of the Logistics and Trade Bureau for the Zhangiagang Free Trade Zone. One of the emails sent by Yang contained an attachment, which was a CME document containing protected source code and proprietary information.
It was also determined that Yang had booked travel to China on a commercial airline flight, scheduled to depart from O’Hare International Airport July 7.
Yang appeared before Magistrate Judge Michael Mason in Chicago, late Friday, at which time he was formally charged.
Yang was ordered held without bond, pending his next court appearance, which is scheduled for July 6. Until then, Yang will be housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. If convicted of the charge pending against him, Yang faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years incarceration, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.