An engineer accused of stealing nuclear secrets for China is swimming in hidden cash he could use to flee the U.S., making it too risky to allow him to go free pending trial, a judge has ruled. Chief U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan rebuffed a full-court press by the defense team for Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho — including promises of a $3 million bond and a private security firm — to win Ho’s freedom pending trial in the nation’s first case in which the Chinese government is accused of using an agent to buy American nuclear know-how.
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