PUBLIC LAW 104-294—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3489 "(5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any offense described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both. "(b) ORGANIZATIONS.— Any organization that commits any offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $10,000,000. "§ 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 thsui 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, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. "(b) Any organization that commits any offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $5,000,000.
- § 1833. Exceptions to prohibitions
"This chapter does not prohibit— "(1) any otherwise lawfiil activity conducted by a governmental entity of the United States, a State, or a poUtical subdivision of a State; or "(2) the reporting of a suspected violation of law to any governmental entity of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, if such entity has lawfiil authority with respect to that violation. "*§ 1834. Criminal forfeiture "(a) The court, in imposing sentence on a person for a violation of this chapter, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed, that the person forfeit to the United States— "(1) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation; and "(2) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate the commission of such violation, if the court in its discretion so determines.
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