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Ex-Executive Pleads Guilty to Selling $1.3M Trade Secrets

10/30/2025

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Peter Williams, a former executive at L3 Harris Trenchant, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling trade secrets valued at $1.3 million to a Russian buyer.
Prosecutors said Williams used an encrypted email under the alias "John Taylor" to negotiate the sales.
He faces 87 to 108 months in prison.
He will remain under house confinement until his sentencing early next year.
L3 Trenchant will not face criminal charges.

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Peter Williams, a former executive at L3 Harris Trenchant, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling trade secrets valued at $1.3 million to a Russian buyer.
Prosecutors said Williams used an encrypted email under the alias "John Taylor" to negotiate the sales.
He faces 87 to 108 months in prison.
He will remain under house confinement until his sentencing early next year.
L3 Trenchant will not face criminal charges.