Ex-Boston Scientific Corporation Engineer Accused Of Stealing Balloon Catheter Secrets

A federal grand jury charged a former engineer at Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) with stealing the specs for a trio of balloon catheters and planning to use them to start up a new company in Vietnam.

Aaron Quoc Khieu worked for Boston Scientific at its Maple Grove, Minn., facility as an engineer working on new catheter products, according to court documents. Khieu allegedly stole more than 100 documents covering the specs for Boston Scientific’s Sapphire and Mustang catheters, plus the documentation covering an as-yet unreleased product, according to the indictment. The name of the 3rd catheter is still under seal, according to the documents.

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