Federal prosecutors charged a high-profile Massachusetts Institute of Technology mechanical engineering professor with fraud Thursday, alleging he failed to disclose extensive ties to and funding from the Chinese government in grant applications to the U.S. Department of Energy.Dr. Chen, 56 years old, was born in China and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was charged with wire fraud, failing to file a foreign bank account report and making a false statement in a tax return.
The Trump administration has worked to combat what it views as aggressive efforts by Chinese government-linked entities to improperly obtain U.S. academic research and conduct other alleged meddling at U.S. campuses. Federal prosecutors have brought more than a dozen criminal cases accusing academics of lying about receivingor alleging that visiting researchers lied about their affiliation with the Chinese military.
“The problem is not the collaboration itself,” said Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the district of Massachusetts, referring to work that researchers may do with foreign entities. “The problem is lying about it.”
BRed773 Maybe Ivanka can get updates when she checks on her Chinese patents. Then she could stop into check on Dad's balance at his Chinese bank. I'm pretty sure they'd like a payment. Since 2005, Trump has applied for 130 trademarks. All failed.
Wen Ho Lee again?
So called academic freedom
This is not a one off. Quite a few of these type stories. Scary
Where is the evidence for these accusations? It's strange, it's US only accuses but doesn't provide any evidence. It's the same for Huawei, Meng, ZTE, Xiaomi, and now this case.
traitor!
The fall out of US China trade war!
Lmaooo this sounds a lot like the Biden crime family 🤡
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