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© Getty Images Former University of Florida professor Lin Yang has been indicted for concealing ties to China in order to obtain a federal grant and continue working in the United States. Yang’s indictment, unsealed Wednesday, says he is facing six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements to an agency of the United States. Yang was receiving support from the Chinese government and starting his own company in China while he was the principal investigator in a research ...

Former UF professor indicted for scheme to defraud the National Institutes of Health and UF He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and $250,000 for each count of wire fraud Generic Crime 1.PNG Photo by Carley Noll | The Independent Florida Alligator The U.S...

“The United States can benefit greatly from hosting foreign researchers in our academic institutions, but this case illustrates how that collaborative environment can also be exploited,” said Rachel Rojas, special agent in the FBIs Jacksonville division.  Yang reportedly created a company in China that was going to profit from his University of Florida research funded with a $1.75 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant went toward Yang’s work to develop a...

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Former UF professor indicted for scheme to defraud NIH, UF, colluding with China Indictment alleges Yang intentionally concealed conflicts of interest in China University of Florida and last updated 2021-02-09 10:12:27-05 Editors Note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the university associated with Lin Yang from Northwestern Polytechnic University to Northwestern Polytechnical University. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WTXL) - A former University of Florida professor/researcher and reside...

Print this article The Justice Department charged a former University of Florida professor with fraudulently obtaining $1.75 million in grant money from the National Institutes of Health while hiding his connections to the Chinese government and his efforts to profit in China. Lin Yang, who had resided in Tampa but went back to China in 2019, was charged with six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements to the U.S. government in an indictment returned by a grand jury in...

Former UF professor charged with fraud in $1.8M grant | 2021/02/04

Former University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Concealing CCP Ties Federal prosecutors have charged a former University of Florida professor with concealing support he received from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while collecting $1.75 million in U.S. taxpayer grant money for research that benefited a firm he secretly founded in China. Lin Yang, 43, lived in Tampa, Florida, when he committed the alleged offenses, which include six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false st...

A former University of Florida associate professor and researcher who is a resident of China has been indicted on allegations of fraudulently getting a $1.75 million federal grant by concealing support he got from the Chinese government. Lin Yang, 43, is charged with six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements to a U.S. agency, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported in a news release Wednesday. Other UF faculty members have come under scrutiny for possibly running afoul o...

“The taxpayer dollars that funded Yang’s research were intended to benefit the health and well-being of U.S. citizens,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Lawrence Keefe said in a statement. “But our indictment alleges that Yang engaged in acts of deliberate deception so that he could also further the research goals of the Chinese Communist government and advance his own business interests.” According to the indictment, Yang obtained the grant from the National Institu...