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. Department of Justice has indicted a former UF professor for fraudulently receiving $1.76 million in federal grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance his company and research in China. Lin Yang, 43, a former researcher and associate professor in UF’s biomedical engineering department, was charged with six counts of wire fraud, or internet fraud, and four counts of making false statements to a U.S. agency, according to the Department of Justice.