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A former University of Florida professor was indicted Wednesday on allegations of fraudulently obtaining a grant from the National Institutes of Health by concealing support from the Chinese government and a company that he founded in China, in at least the third recent federal prosecution involving an academic's ties to that country.
Former University of Florida researcher received $1.75 million in federal grant money; he’s now facing charges Carli Teproff, Miami Herald © MANDEL NGAN/AFP/TNS The Department of Justice seal is seen on a lectern ahead of a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28, 2018. MIAMI — As a former University of Florida professor and researcher, Lin Yang, 43, obtained $1.75 million in federal grant money from the National Institutes of Health, according to the Department of Justice. The problem, investigators say: Yang, a resident of China, ...
to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “The taxpayer dollars that funded Yang’s research were intended to benefit the health and well-being of U.S. citizens," U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Lawrence Keefe said in a statement. “But our indictment alleges that Yang engaged in acts of deliberate deception so that he could also further the research goals of the Chinese Communist government and advance his own business interests.” According to the indictment, Yang obtained the grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an imaging tool for muscl...
By Gordon Byrd Feb 4, 2021 A former University of Florida researcher who used to live in Tampa is accused of defrauding the feds by hiding the support he got from the Chinese government. The North Florida U-S Attorney's Office says 43-year-old Lin Yang hid his ties to China from UF and from the National Institutes of Health with false disclosure forms. The feds gave Yang more than a million and a half dollars in grant money to develop a muscle imaging tool. At the same time, he received money from a Chinese program designed to steal foreign intellectual property. It's believed he also rec...
By Gordon Byrd Feb 4, 2021 A former University of Florida researcher who used to live in Tampa is accused of defrauding the feds by hiding the support he got from the Chinese government. The North Florida U-S Attorney's Office says 43-year-old Lin Yang hid his ties to China from UF and from the National Institutes of Health with false disclosure forms. The feds gave Yang more than a million and a half dollars in grant money to develop a muscle imaging tool. At the same time, he received money from a Chinese program designed to steal foreign intellectual property. It's believed he also rec...