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A University of Michigan research fellow and her boyfriend are charged with smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" into ...
Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S.
The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. was not likely an act of ...
A new case of alleged smuggling of biological materials into the US has occurred, with a Chinese student arrested on June 8 for posting four packages over a six month period to the University of ...
The FBI counterintelligence case marks the second time in less than a week a Chinese national with ties to UM has been ...
Han is the third Chinese scientist to be accused of smuggling biological materials into Michigan in recent weeks.
There have been three instances where UM students since October 2024 where students from China have faced federal charges. The most recent involved a researcher smuggling a harmful fungus into the U.S ...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that it has apprehended a University of Michigan (U-M) scholar from the ...
In Detroit, two people were charged with allegedly smuggling a fungus into America, claiming it was for studying at the ...
Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States without permits will ...
June 6, 2025 Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat A biological sample ... for Chinese researcher A Michigan court has scheduled a bail hearing ...
"The alleged smuggling of biological materials by Chengxuan Han is a direct threat to public safety and ... China—to be used at a University of Michigan laboratory – is part of an alarming ...