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MASSACHUSETTS, January 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested and charged a 56-year-old Chinese born professor for fraud after he allegedly failed to disclose his dealings with the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The DOJ posted a press release last Thursday, which stated that Gang Chen, who works as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was “charged and arrested” at his home in Cambridge.
Chen was apprehended in connection with “failing to disclose contracts, appointments, and awards from various entities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the U.S. Department of Energy.”
According to the DOJ, he was charged with “wire fraud, failing to file a foreign bank account report (FBAR) and making a false statement in a tax return.” The DOJ said that Chen has already made his first appearance before a judge last week.
The DOJ added that Chen is a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in China. He current position is the Director of the MIT Pappalardo Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory and Director of the Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Center.
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