ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A South Korean company and five of its employees are accused in an indictment of stealing the recipe from the DuPont Co. to the high-tech fiber used to make Kevlar body armor, prosecutors announced Thursday.

The indictment in U.S. District Court in Richmond alleges that Kolon Industries engaged in a seven-year conspiracy to steal secrets on the manufacturing process for Kevlar and a similar product called Twaron produced by a large Japanese chemical company, Teijin Limited. The alleged corporate espionage attempts against Teijin were unsuccessful, prosecutors said.

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