Texas A&M professor accused of secretly collaborating with China amid NASA work – By Amanda Macias (CNBC) / Aug 24 2020
- A Texas A&M professor was charged with conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud on allegations that he was secretly collaborating with the Chinese government while conducting research for NASA, the Department of Justice said Monday.
- Zhengdong Cheng, 53, an engineering professor and a NASA researcher, obscured his affiliations and collaboration with a Chinese university and at least one Chinese-owned company, according to a criminal complaint.
- Cheng’s arrest comes almost two months after the DOJ announced the indictment of a Harvard professor, Charles Lieber, who allegedly made false statements to federal authorities regarding work at a university in China.
WASHINGTON — A Texas A&M professor was charged with conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud on allegations that he was secretly collaborating with the Chinese government while conducting research for NASA, the Department of Justice said Monday.
According to a criminal complaint, Zhengdong Cheng, 53, a professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M and a NASA researcher, obscured his affiliations and collaboration with a Chinese university and at least one Chinese-owned company.
“The terms of Cheng’s grant prohibited participation, collaboration or coordination with China, any Chinese-owned company or any Chinese University,” the DOJ wrote in a release.
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