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.
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SIUC researcher indicted for grant fraud
CARBONDALE (WSIL) A mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIUC) is under federal indictment for grant fraud.
Mingqing Xiao, 59, of Makanda, is accused of fraudulently obtaining $151,099 in federal grant money from the National Science Foundation (NSF) by concealing support he was receiving from an arm of the Chinese government and a Chinese public university.
Xiao is charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
According to the indictment, Xiao has worked in SIUC’s mathematics department since 2000, focusing his research on partial differential equations, control theory, optimization theory, dynamical systems, and computational science.
A federal grand jury in Carbondale, Illinois, returned an indictment Wednesday charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement. According to court documents, Mingqing Xiao, 59, of Makanda, Illinois, fraudulently obtained $151,099 in federal grant money from the National Science Foundation by concealing support he was receiving.