Daniel Dong Ho Chang, 40, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 9 to two counts of embezzlement by an employee, burglary, grand theft and unauthorized access of computer data, according to the San Bernardino Sun. He is being held at Robert Presley Detention Center in lieu of $1 million bail. The Sun reported that a bail review was set for Monday, Nov. 16, in Riverside County Superior Court.
Chang was arrested in San Jacinto on Nov. 5, when investigators recovered property valued at $600,000, the San Bernardino Sun reported. The Press-Enterprise reported the alleged total value of the computer components was $800,000.
The outlets reported that UC Riverside police said a university affiliate began taking the components in June. Police did not identify the nature of that affiliation in the account reported by the San Bernardino Sun. Chang was initially arrested on suspicion of theft of trade secrets, but prosecutors did not include that allegation among the charges to which he pleaded not guilty, the Sun reported.
Chang's last known address was in Yucaipa, and university spokesman John Warren said Chang self-reported being currently unhoused, the San Bernardino Sun reported.
