University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Scheme to Defraud National Institutes of Health and University of Florida Details Written by Justice Department
Jacksonville, Florida - A former University of Florida (UF) professor and researcher and resident of China has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining $1.75 million in federal grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by concealing support he received from the Chinese government and a company that he founded in China to profit from that research.
Lin Yang, 43, who resided in Tampa, Florida, at the time of the offenses, is charged with six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements to an agency of the United States. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury on December 15, 2020, was unsealed today.
Updated: February 04, 2021 04:40 PM Created: February 03, 2021 04:37 PM
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A former University of Florida professor and researcher fraudulently obtained $1.8 million in federal grant money while concealing support he received from the Chinese government and a company that he founded in China to profit from that research, U.S. officials said.
An indictment unsealed Wednesday charges Lin Yang, 43, a Chinese citizen, with six counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements to an agency of the United States. A federal grand jury in Gainesville returned the indictment in December.
Yang traveled to China in August 2019 and hasn t returned to the U.S.
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