Police in South Korea have charged a former Motorola salesman with leaking trade secrets to rivals, HTC and Apple

The 38-year-old Korean, surnamed Kim was arrested and charged with disclosing the trade secrets after he accepted a position with HTC last April.

Police suspect that Kim also obtained information about 1,000 Motorola phone stores and 18,000 employees from a former colleague, who was also arrested on the same charge.