Feds Charge Southern Illinois U. Prof with Grant Fraud over Secret Ties to China
23 Apr 2021
A mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for grant fraud, after allegedly failing to disclose secret support he had received from the Chinese Communist Party and a Chinese university.
Southern Illinois University professor Mingqing Xiao was charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement, according to a press release by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
According to court documents, Xiao fraudulently obtained $151,099 in federal grant money from the National Science Foundation (NSF) by concealing support he was receiving from China’s government, and Shenzhen University, a public university in China.
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Published 22 April 2021
A federal grand jury in Carbondale, Ill. On Wednesday returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement. The prosecution is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing China Initiative. Led by the Department’s National Security Division, the China Initiative is a broad, multi-faceted effort to counter Chinese national security threats and safeguard American intellectual property.
A federal grand jury in Carbondale, Ill. On Wednesday returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
SIUC professor, researcher charged with grant fraud Mingqing Xiao, an American mathematics professor and researcher Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, was charged on April 21 with wire fraud and one count of making a false statement. (Source: Pablo) By Ashley Smith | April 21, 2021 at 4:34 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 5:37 PM
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - An American mathematics professor and researcher Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was charged on April 21 with wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
Mingqing Xiao was accused of fraudulently taking $151,099 in federal grant money from the National Science Foundation by hiding the support he was getting from the Chinese government and Shenzhen University, a public university in Guangdong Province in China.