According to the news on October 9, Simon Lancaster, former material director of apple, was prosecuted by his owner on suspicion of disclosing unpublished product information to the media. Now he is under criminal investigation on suspicion of stealing commercial secrets < p > on Friday local time, Lancaster's lawyer filed a motion to request the court to suspend Apple's civil lawsuit in view of the fact that the Santa Clara County district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation on his client < p > the motion said: "if the two lawsuits are held at the same time, Lancaster will be in a dilemma. He must choose between exercising his constitutional right to oppose self incrimination and defending himself in civil proceedings." < / P > < p > in March this year, apple filed a lawsuit against Lancaster, accusing him of abusing his senior position in the company and collecting sensitive data on upcoming products, And sell them to unnamed media organizations. In addition, Lancaster was also found to have contact with a reporter who reported according to the information he stole < p > Lancaster left apple in 2019, but before that, he obtained a large number of documents marked with "confidential", including many documents related to the so-called "X project", which is speculated to be related to AR / VR hardware < p > Lancaster's team is providing information to meet the investigation requirements and trying to reach a settlement with apple in the lawsuit. (small) < / P > < p >