The big industrial espionage cases: when Carlos Ghosn believed that Renault was being spied on

The Guyancourt Technocentre (Yvelines), flagship of Renault R&D, nest of spies? Thunderbolt on January 3, 2011, at the start of the Christmas holidays. Michel Balthazard, Bertrand Rochette and Matthieu Tenenbaum, three top engineers, are laid off following an internal investigation. “Your career, everything is stopped, everything is over. The very moment you leave this office, you leave Renault, Michel! » stings the HRD. Computers and business phones are confiscated. The beginning of a very dark story, which the media quickly make their headlines.