Chinese-born Researcher Arrested in US for Spying, Stealing American Scientific AdvancesA Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland...
A Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland Clinic was arrested on fraud charges related to $3.6 million in federal grants, the FBI said on Thursday, the latest move in a US crackdown on alleged attempts by China to steal American scientific advances.
Prosecutors said Wang accepted grants from the National Institutes of Health without disclosing that he was serving at same time as dean of the College of Life Sciences and Technology at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. That was a violation of the terms of the grants, they said. US investigators say China and its citizens and operatives have long made extensive and aggressive efforts to steal unclassified American technology, ranging from military materiel to medical research, but US agencies only launched a broad effort to stop alleged Chinese espionage in the United States in 2018.
Investigators said that through Wang’s participation in the program, China provided $3 million in research support to enhance facilities and operations at the institutions he was affiliated with in China.Dr. Wang is a citizen of the United States,” the attorney, Brandon Henderson, said in an email. “As we all know, being presumed innocent is a legal right enjoyed by our citizens.”
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