Chinese researcher on US visa charged with smuggling E. coli into the country, FBI Director Kash Patel says
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FBI Director Kash Patel said a Chinese researcher holding a J-1 visa was charged with smuggling E. coli into the U.S. and making false statements about it.
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"This is yet another example of a researcher from China, given the privilege to work at a U.S. university, who then allegedly chose to take part in a scheme to circumvent U.S. laws and receive biological materials hidden in a package originating from China," Patel wrote on X.
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