It is surely no accident that two Taiwan firms were charged with violating the same crime in similar undercover operations. In early October, when charges were formally brought against Four Pillars, there were a startling array of charges, including economic espionage, money laundering, and mail and wire fraud. A conviction on economic espionage alone could bring a maximum sentence of ten years.
十月上旬，四維案被美方正式起訴，罪名洋洋灑灑，包括經濟間諜、洗錢、郵電詐欺等等，共計二十一項，其中單是違反經濟間諜法，就可能被判處最高十年的刑責。