Texas A&M professor and NASA researcher Zhengdong Cheng was arrested Sunday for alleged conspiracy, false statements, and wire fraud.
According to a United States Department of Justice press release, Cheng allegedly “willfully took steps to obscure his affiliations and collaboration with a Chinese University and at least one Chinese-owned company.”
Cheng’s research grant barred him from collaborating with Chinese entities.
Cheng allegedly provided false information to Texas A&M and NASA, allowing him to receive federal funds for a research grant. Cheng is associated with Guangdong University of Technology in China and other foreign institutions of higher education. He gained access to what the DOJ called “increased access to unique NASA resources, such as the International Space Station,”resulting in better positioning at Guangdong and other universities.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers explained that “Once again, we have witnessed the criminal consequences that can arise from undisclosed participation in the Chinese government’s talent program.” He said the Department of Justice will work to “expose the exploitation of our nation and our prized research institutions."
Alan Kohler, assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, said that Cheng allegedly “knowingly deceived NASA officials about his association with Chinese owned companies and universities, willingly accepted U.S. government funding, and defrauded his university.”
FBI Houston Special Agent Perrye Turner stated that Texas A&M has provided “significant assistance through their partnership with us throughout this case.”
"We worked closely with the FBI on this case, and we gladly will work with them again as needed,” Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp said in a statement Monday.
“No one in higher education takes security as seriously as we do at The Texas A&M University System. In fact, we have received several awards from the Department of Defense’s Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, including one just last month.”
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6 comments:
I'm waiting to see Susan Olsen's name on here for Terrorists ties....
make no mistake, Olsen is known for her written rants against the Constitution and the United States of America.
Olsen is a devout Hillary and Obama lover
Send this traitor to the ISS - without a space suit!
Northwest Woodsman: I have been warning of these Chinese researchers being allowed into areas and facilities where national security Is a serious issue.id venture to say that everyone of these so called “researchers” are loyal only to the Chinese government or they are coerced by threats against their family in China. I have been aware of this problem since I was a federal agent/investigator assigned to work in the aerospace industry in Southern California from 1978 to 1983. We never seem to learn from our mistakes.
Arrest a Professor but not Senator Feinstein for same connections over decades along with her employing them in her political tax paid office?
All these Chinese POS are spies. We should round them up like the Japanese were.
If the powers that be told the particulars of this case you'd see a Hell of a lot more than was divulged. Thanks to the dumb-ass Dems. who invited them here to start with. This one they cannot deny nor remedy because it's their baby. Oh- started with LBJ by the way, you say not a Dimocrat?
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