Another US researcher charged with lying about Chinese ties

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Physicist faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding West Virginia University while secretly working for Chinese talent programme

A former physics professor at West Virginia University (WVU) faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines after pleading guilty earlier this month to defrauding the university so that he could take leave to satisfy his competing obligations to a Chinese research institution.