AML / FPCA: Professor MIT / Chen Gang arrested: Information leak to China
Professor Chen Gang of MIT:
In mid-January 2021, it was revealed that he had been arrested by US judicial authorities on suspicion of telegraph fraud and false declarations.
$ 29 million in funding from China:
Mr. Chen conducted the research with a grant of $ 19 million from the US Department of Energy and others.
But he also received $ 29 million in funding from a Chinese organization.
Of this, he received $ 19 million from Southern University of Science and Technology in China.
Southern University of Science and Technology of China has a close relationship with the PLA.
There are suspicions such as information leaks.
Ministry of Justice:
If these charges are filed, they will be sentenced to “up to 20 years in prison and up to $ 250,000 in fines.”
VOA Announcement:
Mr. Chen was born in China and naturalized in the United States.
He has been a professor at MIT since 2013.
He was the director of the Paparald Micro-Nano Engineering Institute.
Since 2012, Mr. Chen has been in regular contact with officials from the Chinese Consulate in NY.
He leaked his research at MIT.
In return, he was said to have received a monetary reward.
Research Fellow, Southern University of Science and Technology:
He is also nominated as a high-ranking foreign talent in the Thousand Talents of China program.
He was a part-time lecturer at a research institute such as Southern University of Science and Technology in China.
NEWS Post Seven
https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20210130_1630484.html?DETAIL
MIT Professor Gang Chen Charged With Millions In Grant Fraud, Hiding China Ties
BOSTON (CBS)
An MIT professor
was charged Thursday with millions of dollars in grant fraud for allegedly hiding his relationship with China.
Gang Chen, 56,
was arrested at his home in Cambridge and search warrants were executed at his house and office.
The FBI in Boston
said Chen failed to disclose his work with China to the U.S. Department of Energy when he applied for millions of dollars in grants.
“Our investigation found Chen was working with the Chinese communist government in various capacities dating back to 2012 at our country’s expense,”
Joseph Bonavolonta, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Boston, said at a news conference in Boston, announcing the charges.
Bonavolonta
said Chen knowingly defrauded taxpayers out of at least $19 million in grants to enhance China’s research in nanotechnology.
In applying for these scarce federal grants, we alleged Chen failed to disclose that
he was acting as an overseas expert on science and technology for the Chinese communist government after China’s consulate office in New York asked him to provide expertise and advice in exchange for financial compensation and awards,
Bonavolonta said.
CBS Boston
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/01/14/gang-chen-mit-professor-arrested-grant-fraud-china/