A former employee of Softbank, a major mobile phone company, was arrested on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Law for illegally taking out trade secrets related to 5G, a new high-speed, large-capacity communication standard.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the fact that he had changed jobs to another mobile phone company the day after he was supposed to have taken it out.
The person who was arrested was a former employee in his 40s who worked as an engineer at Softbank.
According to investigators, in December, a file related to 5G technical information, which is a trade secret of SoftBank, was sent by e-mail to the address of your personal computer, and it is suspected that it was illegally taken out and violated the Unfair Competition Prevention Law. ..
The day after the former employee seems to have taken out the file, he changed his job to Rakuten Mobile, which entered the mobile phone business in earnest last year.
5G, which is characterized by high speed and large capacity, was launched by major mobile phone companies such as Softbank in March last year, and Rakuten Mobile six months later in September last year, and compatible smartphones are being released one after another.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of how a former employee took out a file illegally.