Mealey's ( February 19, 2020, 5:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Feb. 10 sentenced a businessman with ties to a Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) marine technology company who was charged with conspiring with others to steal trade secrets from an American competitor in the marine technology industry to 16 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, according to a minute entry on the court’s docket (United States v. Shan Shi, et al., No. 17-110[CRC], D. D.C.)....