The chairmen of three House committees have launched an investigation into the University of Michigan after three Chinese nationals were charged in two separate cases for allegedly smuggling biological material into the U.S.
The chairmen of three House committees have launched an investigation into the University of Michigan after three Chinese nationals were charged in two separate cases for allegedly smuggling biological material into the U.S.
Two Chinese researchers charged in separate biological smuggling investigations consented to federal detention Wednesday during consecutive court appearances, as their attorneys work to build the cases.
Two Chinese nationals with ties to the University of Michigan are scheduled to appear in federal court on Friday, marking the latest development in what some authorities describe as an intensifying crackdown on biological material smuggling cases.
After initially providing conflicting statements to officers, she ultimately told Customs and Border Protection that she was a doctoral student traveling to the University of Michigan to complete her research project and sent her research materials ahead of her arrival.
Federal authorities arrested a Chinese researcher connected to the University of Michigan, marking the third such case in two weeks involving the alleged smuggling of biological materials from China.
After initially providing conflicting statements to officers, she ultimately told Customs and Border Protection that she was a doctoral student traveling to the University of Michigan to complete her research project and sent her research materials ahead of her arrival.
A University of Michigan Chinese scholar was in court this week in connection with allegedly smuggling a potentially dangerous agricultural pathogen through Detroit Metro Airport last summer.
A University of Michigan Chinese scholar will remain in custody after a federal judge rescheduled her detention hearing in a case involving the alleged smuggling of a potentially dangerous agricultural pathogen through Detroit Metro Airport last summer.
A couple smuggled a fungus into Detroit Metro Airport that’s responsible for billions of dollars’ worth of damage and major health defects in humans and animals, federal officials said. They allegedly planned to work on it at a University of Michigan lab.