(Portland, OR) -- A former Oregon man pleaded guilty to possessing trade secrets from his former employer, one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers. Varun Gupta worked for the tech company for 10 years. When he announced his resignation in 2020, federal prosecutors say he downloaded around four-thousand files and then used trade secrets at his next job, while negotiating deals with his previous employer. Gupta faces up to ten years in federal prison and a 250-thousand-dollar fine.