Hanjuan Jin, a Chinese citizen, worked at Motorola in the United States as a software engineer in a division that created proprietary standards for cellular communications. After a few years, she started corresponding with a company in China about a possible full-time job. During this period, she took several leaves of absence from Motorola to go to China. After one of these leaves, she returned to Motorola and downloaded thousands of company documents onto her personal laptop. While at the airport to board a flight to China, U.S. officials search her belongings and discovered the Motorola documents. Under which federal law could Jin be prosecuted for theft of trade secrets? What are the penalties under this law? [United States v. Hanjuan Jin, 833 F.Supp.2d 977 (N.D.Ill. 2012)]
