Federal authorities charged Chengxuan Han with allegedly smuggling biological samples from China to the University of Michigan and lying to customs officials during inspection.

Federal authorities arrested a Chinese researcher connected to the University of Michigan, marking the third such case in two weeks involving the alleged smuggling of biological materials from China.

A citizen of the People’s Republic of China was arrested and charged with smuggling concealed biological material into the U.S. from a university in Wuhan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern ...

She is accused of sending four packages, in 2024 and 2025, to the U.S. that contained “contained biological material related to round worms.” Those packages were addressed to individuals associated ...

DETROIT, MI – A second Chinese academic connected to the University of Michigan has been arrested and charged for allegedly smuggling goods into the U.S. and making false statements.

Two Chinese nationals, Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, have been charged in the US for smuggling a dangerous fungus, Fusarium graminearum, into a Michigan lab. The pathogen is considered a potential ...

Is this the beginning of a bigger threat? This week’s arrests may just be the latest chapter in a wider strategy. While America focuses on defending against conventional attacks, experts are now ...

Chinese nationals accused of smuggling pathogen into Michigan 00:48. Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S., according ...

A Department of Defense official pleaded with her superiors to stop the cancellation of a Harvard grant that studies biological threats, according to newly filed court documents in the university ...

Agro-terrorism, using harmful agents to disrupt agriculture, has surged amid US-China tensions. Fusarium graminearum, a toxic fungus targeting key crops, is central to this threat. Charges against ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, a researcher at the University of Michigan's Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology has been charged in connection with allegations that she helped her ...