178: Russell Atkinson - Trade Secret Theft, Silicon Valley

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Retired agent Russell Atkinson reviews the first trade secret theft investigation and prosecution in California under the federal Economic Espionage Act of 1996. The case centered on the theft of radiological device technology and encrypted materials by David Kern, the former employee of a Silicon Valley tech firm. David Kern pleaded guilty to one count of trade secret theft. He was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 178 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.3	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to
0:26.1	retired agent Russell Atkinson who served in the FBI for 25 years. He specialized in investigating high technology and
0:36.6	intellectual property crimes in Silicon Valley and served as a legal
0:41.3	advisor. In this episode, Russell Atkinson reviews the first trade secret theft
0:48.6	prosecution in California under the Federal Economic Espionage Act of 1996.
0:55.8	The case centered on the theft of radiological device technology and encrypted materials
1:02.4	by David Kern, a former employee of a Silicon Valley
1:06.8	tech firm. After retiring from the FBI Russell Atkinson practice law and also work for several high-tech firms in the
1:16.6	computer industry including IBM, Fairchild Semiconductor, and AOL. Now retired he spends his time writing crime fiction and
1:26.6	is the author of eight mystery novels. His book, Fatal Dose, is a fictionalized account of the theft and misuse of x-ray technology
1:37.4	and was inspired by this case.
1:40.0	He warns that after reading fatal dose, you'll never look at an x-ray machine the same way.
1:46.5	You can learn more about Russell Atkinson and his books at his Cliff Know's Mystery website.
1:53.0	Before we get to the interview, I want to let you know about a few things that are coming up.
1:58.0	First, if you are in the Philadelphia area, I will be hosting a live show of FBI Retired Case File Review at the Respect Women's
2:09.1	Podcast Festival on Saturday, August to 24th at noon.
2:15.0	I'll be there with stickers and buttons, so I hope you can come out.
2:19.0	I would love to meet you in person.
2:22.0	There's more information on my website about the festival
2:25.8	which is being held in the super-hipped Amalgam Comics and Coffee House and
2:30.8	the Fishtown section of Philly. The most important thing for you to
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