Former GE Engineer Sentenced for Conspiring to Steal GE's Trade Secrets

Jean Patrice Delia, a former General Electric Company engineer and a resident of Montreal, Canada, was sentenced Nov. 10 to 24 months in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets from GE, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York said. Delia, along with his co-defendant and partner Miguel Sernas -- a resident and citizen of Mexico, admitted to conspiring to compete against GE using its own trade secrets. Delia and Sernas operated at ThermoGen Power Services and used the stolen trade secrets that were taken from when Delia worked at GE from 2001 through 2012. Delia was also ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution. Sernas was sentenced in 2019 to 12 months in jail and ordered to also pay $1.4 million in restitution.