MIT Professor Gang Chen accused of hiding millions in foreign money to advance People’s Republic of China’s scientific, technological goals
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was arrested Thursday in connection with a wide-reaching scheme in which he is accused of abusing federal grant money and receiving millions from the Chinese government to advance the nation’s scientific and technological goals, authorities said.
Gang Chen, a 56-year-old professor and researcher at MIT, is accused of failing to disclose millions of dollars worth of contracts, appointments and awards from various entities in the People’s Republic of China to the United States Department of Energy, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor was arrested Thursday and charged with secretly working for China's technology collection programs and failing to disclose the work to the Energy Department.
A leading Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was arrested on Thursday and is accused of concealing millions of dollars in contracts with the Chinese government while receiving millions of dollars in federal grants to conduct advanced energy research for the U.S. government.
Gang Chen, who was born in China but is a naturalized U.S. citizen, serves as director of the MIT Pappalardo Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory and director of.