????去年12月，當iPad 1作為圣誕禮物大賣特賣，而iPad 2還只是個“傳說”之時，互聯網上出現了數款彩色iPad硅膠外套，但它們與iPad 1并不匹配。首先，這些保護套的后部有個洞，看起來應該與后置式攝像頭相匹配。

????這是騙局、猜測、還是一次未經授權的泄密？當時并沒有人能確定。

????如今，一切真相大白。上周二，中國一家法院宣布，因合謀竊取蘋果（Apple）iPad 2的設計機密，3名被告被判處有期徒刑并被處以罰金。中國一家微博網站發布了法院的正式報告，整個案件具體如下：

????? 深圳邁拓電子有限公司（MacTop Electronics Co.）總經理肖承松以2萬元人民幣（約3，000美元）和折扣價購買邁拓公司產品為條件，向鴻海集團（Hon Hai）前員工侯鵬娜套取蘋果iPad 2相關信息，而鴻海集團正是蘋果iPad產品的代工廠商。

????? 侯鵬娜隨后找到鴻海集團研發部工作人員林克誠。通過賄賂后者，侯鵬娜從林克誠手中獲得了iPad 2后殼的數碼圖片。

????? 邁拓公司取得了數碼圖片，然后利用其中參數制造出多款彩色iPad 2硅膠保護套。

????? 為了向批發商推銷，邁拓公司將保護套圖片放上了中國B2B網站阿里巴巴。多位美國博主注意到此事，很快蘋果也知曉了此事。此后，圖片被刪除，而調查工作也隨即展開。

????法院宣判如下：肖承松被判處有期徒刑一年零六個月并被處罰金15萬元（23,000美元）；林克誠被判處有期徒刑一年零兩個月并被處罰金10萬元（15,000美元）；侯鵬娜被判處有期徒刑一年并被處罰金3萬元（4,600美元）。

????譯者：項航

????In early December, when the original iPad was a hot-selling Christmas gift and the iPad 2 was still a rumor, there appeared on the Internet colorful images of silicone iPad cases that didn't fit the current model. For one thing, they each had a hole in the back that could accommodate a rear-facing camera.

????Was it a hoax, a guess or an unauthorized leak? At the time, nobody knew for sure.

????Now we know. On Tuesday, a Chinese court announced that it had fined and sentenced three people to prison for conspiring to steal Apple's (AAPL) secret iPad 2 design. According to the official court report issued through a Chinese microblogging service, this how the deal went down:

????? Xiao Chengsong, general manager of Shenzhen MacTop Electronics Co., offered 20,000 yuan (about $3,000), plus discounts on MacTop products, to Hou Pengna, a former employee at Hon Hai, which builds iPads for Apple, for information about the new model.

????? Ms. Hon then paid Lin Kecheng, who worked in Hon Hai's research and development department, for digital images of the iPad 2's back cover.

????? The images made their way back to MacTop Electronics, which used the specs to produce silicone covers in a rainbow of colorful designs.

????? The covers were advertised to wholesalers on Alibaba.com, a Chinese business-to-business site, where they were spotted by bloggers in the U.S. and, shortly thereafter, by Apple. The images were removed and an investigation begun.

????For their trouble, Xiao was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 150,000 yuan ($23,000), Mr. Lin was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan ($15,000), and Ms. Hou was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 30,000 yuan ($4,600).