Taiwan raided homes belonging to an Intel vice president on Thursday, investigating the possibility he improperly took trade secrets when he left Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. earlier this year. Reuters reported that investigators seized Wei-Jen Lo’s computers and issued a statement saying they suspect him of violating Taiwan’s National Security Act.

TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, sued Lo on Tuesday . The company asserted, “There is a high probability that Lo uses, leaks, discloses, delivers, or transfers TSMC’s trade secrets and confidential information to Intel.”

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan rejected the allegations Wednesday , telling employees “Based on everything we know today, we see no merit to the allegations involving Wei-Jen, and he continues to have our full suppor

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