In the middle of June, Chester Ho, a professor at National Chiao Tung University, and Hsu Kai-le, a technical consultant for Taiwan's Yuen Foong Yu Paper Company, were caught in a trap laid by the FBI and arrested. They were charged under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) for intending to "steal" technical secrets regarding the anti cancer drug Taxol, which is manufactured by Bristol-Meyers Squibb.
今年六月中旬，有國立交通大學教授身分的何小台博士，與台灣永豐紙業公司的技術顧問徐凱樂，在美國被聯邦調查局設陷埋伏而遭逮捕，罪名是違反「經濟間諜法」﹘﹘企圖「竊取」美商必治妥公司抗癌藥物「汰癌勝」（TAXOL）的技術機密。